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Encyclopedia > List of islands in the South China Sea

Islands in the South China Sea includes the South China Sea Islands (Spratly Islands, Pratas Islands, Paracel Islands and Macclesfield Bank), islands on the China coast, on the Vietnam coast, on the Borneo coast, and the peripheral islands of Taiwan, the Philippines, etc. The South China Sea, showing surrounding coutires and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². The minute South China Sea Islands, collectively an archipelago... The South China Sea Islands (or Nanhai Islands, simplified: 南海诸岛, traditional: 南海諸島, pinyin: Nánhǎi Zhūdǎo) is an archipelago of over 250 around 1-km² islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars in the South China Sea, most of which have no indigenous people. ... Borneo (including the Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia, and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. ...

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South China Sea Islands

See also the main article The South China Sea Islands (or Nanhai Islands, simplified: 南海诸岛, traditional: 南海諸島, pinyin: Nánhǎi Zhūdǎo) is an archipelago of over 250 around 1-km² islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars in the South China Sea, most of which have no indigenous people. ...

The Pratas Islands (or Dongsha Islands) are located in the middle of the South China Sea (see South China Sea Islands). ... Abbreviation: Kaohsiung (高雄) City nickname: The Harbor City Capital District Linya Dist. ... The Republic of China (Traditional Chinese: 中華民國; Simplified Chinese: 中华民国; Wade-Giles: Chung-hua Min-kuo, Tongyong Pinyin: JhongHuá MínGuó, Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó) is a multiparty democratic state that is de facto composed of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, and the Matsu. ... MacClesfield Bank or Zhongsha Islands (Chinese 中沙群島 Pinyin: Zhongsha Qundao, literally Central Sand Islands) is an elongated atoll of underwater reefs and shoals in South China Sea and part of the disputed South China Sea Islands. ... Taiping (also Itu Aba) is an island in the South China Sea controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan. ... West York Island is a small sandy atoll of roughly 2 km², in the disputed Spratly Islands group, in the South China Sea. ... Woody Island is one of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. ...

Islands on the China coast

exluding islands in the Strait of Taiwan Categories: China geography stubs ...

Hainan (Chinese: 海南; pinyin: ) is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located at the southern end of the country. ...

Coast of Guangdong

Shangchuan Island (上川镇, Schangschwan, Sancian, Chang-Chuang, St. ... Hengqin (橫琴島, Cantonese IPA: wɑŋ4 kʌm4 dəʊ2, Hanyu Pinyin: Hengqin Dao) is an island in Zhuhai city, Guangdong, China. ...

Coast of Guangxi

Weizhou (涠洲; pinyin: Wéizhōu) is a Chinese island in the Gulf of Tonkin. ...

Islands of Hong Kong

see Islands and Peninsulas of Hong Kong for a full list. Lantau Island (based on its old name 爛頭島 lan tau do, lit. ... Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... The Poi To islands (蒲苔群島) are a small group of sparsely inhabited islands (a population of around 200) located south-east of Hong Kong Island, off Stanley, Hong Kong. ... Cheung Chau (長洲; lit. ... The territory of Hong Kong consists of a mainland area and 236 islands. ...


Islands of Macao

Coloane ( Simplified: 路環島, Traditional: 路环岛, Pinyin: Lùhuán Dǎo, Jyutping: Lou6-waan4 Dou2, literally Road Ring) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Taipa (氹仔島) is an island of Macau in the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Islands of the Philippines

Map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. ... Palawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon. ...

Islands of Indonesia

The Natuna Islands are a small archipelago of Indonesia, located in the South China Sea between east and west Malaysia, Kalimantan and Singapore. ...

Islands in the Gulf of Thailand

The Gulf of Thailand is a gulf located in the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean), surrounded by the countries Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. ... Na Thon viewed from the mountain jungle Ko Samui (or Koh Samui, Thai เกาะสมุย) is an island off the east coast of the Kra Isthmus in Thailand, close to the mainland Surat Thani town. ...

Islands on the coast of Borneo

Labuan (Jawi:لابوان) formerly known as Victoria island is, since 1946, a territory of Malaysia being part of the state of Sabah. ...

Islands in the Taiwan Strait

  • Amoy (Fujian, mainland China)
  • Quemoy (Fuchien, Republic of China (Taiwan))
  • Matsu (Fuchien, Republic of China (Taiwan))
  • Pescadores (Taiwan Province, Republic of China (Taiwan))

Categories: China geography stubs ... Quemoy, Kinmen, or Chinmen (金門, pinyin: Jīnmén, POJ: Kim-mn̂g) (pop. ... The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: Mǎzǔ) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: Liánjiāng), Fujian Province of the Republic of China (ROC, based on Taiwan). ... The Pescadores Islands (Chinese: 澎湖群島; Wade-Giles: Peng-hu; Pinyin: Pénghú, from Portuguese, fishermen) are an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait. ...

Islands on the coast of Vietnam

Islands on the coast of Peninsular Malaysia

Tioman Island is a small island, 39 km long and 12 km wide, located off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. ... South Beach, Perhentian Besar The Perhentian Islands (Pulau Perhentian in Malay) lie approximately 10 nautical miles offshore the coast of northeastern Malaysia in the state of Terengganu, approximately 40 miles south of the Thai border. ...

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  Results from FactBites:
 
South China Sea: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (1486 words)
The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China.
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the sea as stretching in a southwest to northeast direction, whose southern border is 3 degrees South latitude between South Sumatra and Kalimantan (Karimata Strait), and whose northern border is the Strait of Taiwan from the northern tip of Taiwan to the Fujian coast of mainland China.
South China Sea is the dominant term used in English for the sea, and the name in most European languages is equivalent, but it is sometimes called by different names in neighboring countries, often reflecting historical claims to hegemony over the sea.
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