Socotra Rock

Socotra Rock
Socotra Rock location map
Summit depth	4.6m
Translation	Ieodo or Iŏdo (이어도/離於島) Parangdo or P'arangdo (파랑도/波浪島) Suyan Rock (苏岩礁) Sogan Rock (蘇岩礁)
Location
Location	Yellow Sea
Coordinates	32°07′22.63″N 125°10′56.81″E / 32.1229528°N 125.1824472°E / 32.1229528; 125.1824472

Coordinates: 32°07′22.63″N 125°10′56.81″E / 32.1229528°N 125.1824472°E / 32.1229528; 125.1824472

Socotra Rock, also known as Ieodo (Hangul: 이어도; Hanja: 離於島; MR: Iŏdo) or sometimes Parangdo (Hangul: 파랑도; Hanja: 波浪島; MR: P'arangdo), is a submerged rock 4.6 metres (15 ft) below sea level (at low tide) located in the Yellow Sea. International maritime law stipulates that a submerged rock outside of a nation's territorial sea (generally 12 nautical miles) can not be claimed as territory by any nation. However, the rock is the subject of a maritime dispute between South Korea, China and even Japan, which considers it to lie within its exclusive economic zone. And China refers to it as Suyan Rock (Chinese: 苏岩礁; pinyin: sūyánjiāo),which means the rock(岩,yán) or reef(礁,jiāo) outside the coastal waters of Jiangsu (苏,sū,the abbreviation), while Japan refers it as the same name in Chinese character. In fact, both China and Japan use Suyan/Sogan Islet for its English name.