Shandong Peninsula

English

the Shandong Peninsula

Alternative forms

• Shantung Peninsula

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 山東半島／山东半岛 (Shāndōng Bàndǎo).

Proper noun

Shandong Peninsula

1. A peninsula in Shandong, in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south.
   • 2007, Susan (梁红) Liang, William Zou, “Scenic Spots in Suburban Cities”, in Qingdao: Travel Guide‎^[1], Qingdao: Qingdao Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 71:

     As a satellite city of Qingdao, Jimo boasts the Laoshan Mountain in the south and the Yellow Sea to the east. It is at the center of the manufacturing base and city cluster of Shandong Peninsula, and one of the majors cities within the 30-minute economic rim of Greater Qingdao.

   • 2009 June 22, “Oil slicks poisoning China's Bohai Sea - official”, in Emma Graham-Harrison, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 14 May 2022, Oil Report‎^[3]:

     Bohai Sea is on the northeastern coast of China, bounded by Liaodong and Shandong Peninsulas, so pollution there is slow to wash out to the ocean, exacerbating damage to local marine life.

   • 2023 August 24, John Yoon, “Escape China by Jet Ski? A Dissident Is Said to Have Planned It for Years”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 August 2023, Asia Pacific‎^[5]:

     In a statement, it said the man, whom it did not identify, had been detained Sunday on suspicion of entering South Korea illegally by sea from China.
     He had set off from the Shandong Peninsula with a helmet, a life jacket, a telescope and a compass, according to the Coast Guard.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shandong Peninsula.

Translations

peninsula in Shandong province

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 山東半島／山东半岛 (zh) (Shāndōng Bàndǎo)

• Finnish: Shandongin niemimaa
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 산둥반도 (sandungbando)
• Portuguese: Península de Xantungue f, Península de Xantum f