 South Korea classifies the islets as Dokdo-ri, Ulleung-eup, Ulleung County, North Gyeongsang Province, and calls them Dokdo (; , "solitary island[s]").Japan classifies the islands as part of Okinoshima, Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, and calls them .The Franco-English name "Liancourt Rocks" derives from "Le Liancourt", the name of a French whaling ship that came close to being wrecked on the rocks in 1849.