Liancourt Rocks

From the name of the French whaling ship Le Liancourt that nearly wrecked on the rocks in 1849.

• enPR: lēãko͞orʹ^[1]

Liancourt Rocks

1. A group of islets located in the Sea of Japan, administered as part of Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, and claimed by the Japan and North Korea.
   • [1873, “General Remarks.—Climate, Prevailing Winds and Weather, Fogs, Storms, Gales, Typhoons, and Currents; and Remarks on Making Passages.”, in Frederick W. Jarrad, compiler, The China Sea Directory, volume IV, London: Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, →OCLC, page 7:

     From May to July 1856, H.M.S. Hornet had little or no current either in this sea or in Korea strait; but in the latter end of July and the month of August it ran strong to the N.E., on one occasion as much as 48 miles in twenty-four hours; it, however, gradually decreased as the vessel proceeded to the northward. These currents were evidently much influenced by the wind, for on one occasion, in the vicinity of the Liancourt rocks, she was set 1½ miles an hour to the S.E.]

   • 2013 April 11, Rodion Ebbighausen, “A guide to names of islands in the South and East China Seas”, in EFE‎^[2], archived from the original on 06 August 2015, Conflict‎^[3]:

     Liancourt Rocks/Dokdo Islands
     The Liancourt Rocks, or Takeshima (たけしま) in Japanese and Dokdo (독도) in Korean, include two rocky islands and a group of smaller rocks. Both South Korea and Japan claim the islands. They were managed by Japan up to 1945 and by South Korea after 1953.