Senkaku Islands

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archipelago disputed territory uninhabited islands

The Senkaku Islands are a small, uninhabited archipelago in the East China Sea that is the subject of a territorial dispute primarily between Japan, China, and Taiwan.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago → disputed territory → uninhabited islands →
administeredAsPartOf	Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture → Japan → Okinawa Prefecture →
administeredBy	Japan →
ChineseName	Diaoyu Islands → Diaoyutai Islands →
countryClaimedBy	China → Japan → Taiwan →
disputeInvolves	Japan → People's Republic of China → Republic of China (Taiwan) →
disputeType	territorial dispute →
hasFrequent	airspace incursions in surrounding area → maritime patrols →
hasHighestPointElevation	about 383 metres on Uotsuri-jima →
hasIsland	Kita Kojima → Kubashima → Minami Kojima → Taisho-jima → Uotsuri-jima →
hasNumberOfMajorIslands	5 →
hasNumberOfSmallerIslets	3 →
JapaneseName	Senkaku-shotō →
largestIsland	Uotsuri-jima →
largestIslandArea	about 4.3 square kilometres →
locatedIn	East China Sea →
locatedInBodyOfWater	Philippine Sea region of the Pacific Ocean →
locatedNear	Chinese mainland → Ryukyu Islands → Taiwan →
partOf	Ryukyu island chain (disputed) →
region	East Asia →
returnedTo	Japan in 1972 under Okinawa Reversion Agreement →
securityCoveredBy	Japan–United States Security Treaty (as territories under Japanese administration) →
sovereigntyClaimedBy	Japan → People's Republic of China → Republic of China (Taiwan) →
strategicImportance	fishing grounds → potential hydrocarbon resources → shipping lanes →
TaiwaneseName	Diaoyutai Lieyu →
underUSControlFrom	1945 →
underUSControlUntil	1972 →
uninhabited	true →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
western Pacific Ocean ("East China Sea dispute areas") → western Pacific Ocean →	adjacentTo
Senkaku Islands ("Diaoyu Islands") → Senkaku Islands ("Diaoyutai Islands") →	ChineseName
Higashi Shina Kai ("Diaoyu Islands") → Higashi Shina Kai →	hasMajorIsland
East China Sea →	hasIslandGroup
Senkaku Islands ("Senkaku-shotō") →	JapaneseName