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The International Portal of Taiping Island (Taiping Island – The Beautiful and Sustainable Island) Satellite image of Taiping Island by Google Maps; Putative States in the Spratly Archipelago "Ecological Resources". Discovering the South China Sea. vm.nthu.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 2005-11-24. "Itu Aba Island".
The Spratly Islands were, in 1939, fourteen coral islets mostly inhabited by countless seabirds. [1] According to a Chinese 1986 source, the Spratly Islands consist of 14 islands or islets, 6 banks, 113 submerged reefs, 35 underwater banks, 21 underwater shoals. [2]
The Wuqiu islands are claimed as part of Xiuyu District, a district of the prefecture-level city Putian, in Fujian Province. Pratas Island is claimed as part of Chengqu in Shanwei (Swabue) Guangdong Province. The Nansha Islands controlled by the ROC, i.e. Taiping Island and Zhongzhou Reef, are claimed as part of Sansha, in Hainan Province. The ...
A Vietnamese map from 1834 also combines the Spratly and Paracel Islands into one region known as "Vạn Lý Trường Sa", a feature commonly incorporated into maps of the era (萬里長沙) ‒ that is, the same as the aforementioned Chinese island name Wanli Changsha. [56]
Satellite image of the Big Island of Hawaii, the largest island in the United States. Scale depiction of the 5 largest islands in the US, with some other significant islands. This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52 km 2).
Map depicts sovereign states and a de facto state (tw) fully located on islands: those with land borders shaded green, and those without shaded dark blue. Countries/territories not shown on the map: Antarctica (aq) (continental disputed territory), Australia (au) (continental country), the Cook Islands (ck) and Niue (nu) (free association with New Zealand), Greenland (gl) (constituent country ...
The city, which is home to 49,310 residents, is on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., and sits across the Potomac River from Potomac, Maryland (another one of the richest cities in America).
52.2 American Samoa. 52.3 Guam. 52.4 Northern Mariana Islands. ... This is a partial list of notable islands of the United States, including its insular areas, ...