Jukdo () is a small island in Jeodong-ri, Ulleung-myeon,

Ulleung County Ulleung County () is a county in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Ulleung County has a population of 10,426 making it the least populated county in South Korea. Ulleung County consists mainly of the island of Ulleungdo and 44 smaller isl ...

North Gyeongsang Province North Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a province in eastern South Korea, and with an area of , it is the largest province in the Korean peninsula. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remaine ...

, South Korea. It is next to the island Ulleungdo in the

Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it ...

. It is also known as Jukseodo (). It lies east of Ulleungdo, and is the largest island in the group apart from Ulleungdo itself. In 2004, one family of three members was living on the island. Jukdo island measures long and wide.

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File:Ulleung island from above.jpg, Satellite view of Ulleungdo (North up). The small island to the northeast of Ulleungdo is Jukdo. File:Uleungdo Jukdo Liancourt Rocks.png, Positions of Uleungdo, Jukdo and Liancourt Rocks

Old Korean maps

file:八道総図.jpg, Joseon map (1530) file:Ulleungdo and Usando.jpg, Joseon map (1530), close-up view of Jukdo file:DaedongyeojidoUlleungdo.png, Kim Jeong-ho " Daedongyeojido" (1861) file:East of Ulleungdo and Usando.jpg, Kim Jeong-ho "Daedongyeojido" (1861) file:DaehanJeondo.jpg, A map by the

Korean Empire The Korean Empire, officially the Empire of Korea or Imperial Korea, was a Korean monarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty. The empire lasted until the Japanese annexation of Korea in August 1910. Dur ...

(1899)

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Old Korean maps

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