Quelpart

/ ˈkwɛlˌpɑːt /

noun

1. a former name of Cheju

Example Sentences

On Quelpart Island, off the Korean peninsula's southern tip, the Japs had an air base.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the third day out we had reached the Corean archipelago, and found ourselves off the northern coast of Quelpart, where we had recently met with such rough handling.

From Project Gutenberg

We were at this time off the island of Quelpart, still carrying reduced sail and barely going our course.

From Project Gutenberg

On 26th May the Russian fleet was reported as being south-west of Quelpart Island, off the entrance of Korea Strait, and its position rendered it practically certain that it was Rojdestvensky’s intention to take the shorter route up through the Sea of Japan.

From Project Gutenberg

For the first four hours of our voyage, while we were still well under the lee of the land, the water was moderately smooth; but when, about seven o’clock that evening, the negotiation of the passage between the islands had been successfully accomplished, and we found ourselves fairly out at sea, and shifted our helms to pass to the northward of Quelpart Island, we soon found that we were in for a regular “dusting.”

From Project Gutenberg