Qingdao is situated at the southeast end of Shandong Province, by the Jiaozhou Bay, facing the Yellow River in the Southeast and connecting the inland in the Northwest.

• 青岛位于山东省的东南端，胶州湾畔，东南濒临黄海，西北连接内陆，地处华北、华东两大经济区的结合带，东与韩国、日本隔海相望。