Which Chinese peninsula contains the port cities of Dalian and Lüshunkou?

The Liaodong Peninsula is the Chinese peninsula that contains the port cities of Dalian and Lüshunkou.

It projects southwestward from Liaoning Province into the Yellow Sea. Korea Bay lies to the east, while the Liaodong Bay portion of the Bohai Sea lies to the west. Dalian occupies the peninsula’s southern area and is one of northeastern China’s major ports.

Lüshunkou, historically known internationally as Port Arthur, is at the peninsula’s southern tip. Its sheltered harbour made it strategically important during conflicts involving China, Japan, and Russia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

The peninsula is part of the broader Liaodong region, a name that means “east of the Liao River.” Liaodong is not the same as the Shandong Peninsula, which projects into the Yellow Sea from farther south and contains the port of Qingdao.