Paracel Islands

Paracel Islands
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Paracel Islands

Disputed islands

/

Paracel Islands

Geography

Location
China

Coordinates
/°30′N 112°00′

Total islands
>30

Major islands
, ,

Area
15,000 km² (ocean surface)

Coastline
518 kilometres (322 mi)

Highest point
on Rocky Island 14 metres (46 ft)

Administered by

/ Republic of


Office for Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Nansha

Claimed by

/ Republic of

Province


/ of China (Taiwan




/ 

Province


Paracel Islands

/

Chinese name


西沙群島




[]Transcriptions



Vietnamese name


Quần đảo Hoàng Sa


群島黃沙

The Paracel Islands, also called Xisha Islands () in Chinese and Hoàng Sa Islands in Vietnamese, is a group of islands under the administration of , People`s Republic of . and the of () also claim sovereignty of these islands. The People`s Republic of China and each controlled part of the Paracel Islands before 1974. A brief in resulted in 71 soldiers being killed, and China has controlled the whole of Paracel since then, though this control is still disputed by Vietnam.
The Paracel Islands consist of over 30 , or , occupy about 15,000 km² of the ocean surface, and are located in the China . live on the islands, and seabirds have left nests and deposits, but there are no permanent human residents except for a small number of troops. The is approximately equidistant from the coastlines of Vietnam and China, 180 nautical miles SE of , and about one-third of the way from to the northern .
The islands are divided into two main groups. The Amphitrite group is in the northeast and the Crescent group is in the southwest, and they are located about 70 km (43 mi) from one another. Subject to hot and humid climate, with abundant rainfall and frequent , the archipelago is surrounded by productive fishing grounds and potential oil and gas reserves.
Contents
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.1 Geographic
.1.1 Amphitrite
.1.2 Crescent
.1.3 Other
.1.4 List of all Islands with Chinese and Vietnamese
.2 Satellite
Origin of the names of the
.1
.2 Hoàng
.3 Pracel and
Infrastructure and information of the
.1 Fresh
.2
.3
.4
.5
The territorial dispute and its historical
.1 Military
Historical
.1
.1.1 618–
.1.2 1279–
.1.3 1368–
.1.4 1912–
.2
.2.1 15th–17th
.2.2 1700–
.2.3 1800–
20th century
Paracel in
See

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.2
External

[] Geography
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Panoramic image of Paracel Islands by NASA satellite.
[] Geographic data
Geographic coordinates: /°30′N 112°00′
Coastline: 518 km
Climate: tropical
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on 14 m
Natural resources: fishery, coral reef, possible oil and gas nearby
Natural hazards:
[] Amphitrite Group
The Amphitrite group was named after the French Amphitrite of the Jesuit 123Lying in the most northeastern of the Paracel Islands, at the coordinates of 16.97 degrees North and 112.28 degrees East, the group consists of six low narrow islands with sand ; enclose shallow , connected by of rock, and about 37 km (23 mi) northwest from Lincoln Island. The northern section of the group comprises South Island, Middle Island, North Island, and Tree Island. The last unit lies toward the eastern tip of this section with trees seen on the island. Together they form the upper branch of an of 22 km (14 mi) long that approximately orientates from west