Zhongsha Islands

E935513

The Zhongsha Islands are a largely submerged group of reefs, shoals, and banks in the South China Sea that are subject to overlapping territorial claims, most prominently by China.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Zhongsha Atoll 1
Zhongsha Islands canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf group of islands ⓘ
reef system ⓘ
shoal group ⓘ
submerged bank area ⓘ
administeredByClaim Hainan Province ⓘ
linked to: Hainan

People's Republic of China ⓘ
Sansha City ⓘ
ChineseName 中沙群岛 ⓘ
ChinesePinyin Zhōngshā Qúndǎo ⓘ
composedOf banks ⓘ
reefs ⓘ
shoals ⓘ
countryClaimedBy China ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
disputedRegionOf South China Sea ⓘ
geologicalType coral reef structures ⓘ
hasLanguageOfToponym Chinese ⓘ
hasMajorFeature Macclesfield Bank ⓘ
Zhongsha Atoll ⓘ
linked to: Zhongsha Islands
hasNoPermanentPopulation true ⓘ
largelySubmerged true ⓘ
locatedIn South China Sea ⓘ
Western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
north-central South China Sea ⓘ
maritimeClaimsRelatedTo continental shelf ⓘ
exclusive economic zone ⓘ
nearbyTo Paracel Islands ⓘ
Spratly Islands ⓘ
partOf South China Sea Islands ⓘ
recognizedAs low-tide elevations and submerged features ⓘ
sovereigntyClaim People's Republic of China ⓘ
Republic of China (Taiwan) ⓘ
strategicImportance fisheries ⓘ
potential hydrocarbon resources ⓘ
shipping lanes ⓘ
subjectOf overlapping territorial claims ⓘ
territorialDispute South China Sea dispute ⓘ
underInternationalLawContext United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zhongsha Qundao → alsoKnownAs → Zhongsha Islands ⓘ
Zhongsha Islands → hasMajorFeature → Zhongsha Atoll ⓘ
linked to: Zhongsha Islands