Dongsha Islands

E344675

South China Sea island atoll coral island group disputed territory island group

The Dongsha Islands, also known as the Pratas Islands, are a small, strategically located group of coral islands and atolls in the northern South China Sea administered by Taiwan.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Dongsha Atoll	4
Tungsha Islands	2
東沙群島	2
Dongsha Island (Pratas Island)	1
Dongsha Islands canonical	1
Dongsha Qundao	1
Ilhas Pratas	1
Pratas Island (Dongsha Island)	1
South China Sea Islands	1
東沙島	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South China Sea island ⓘ atoll ⓘ coral island group ⓘ disputed territory ⓘ island group ⓘ
administeredAsPartOf	Cijin District ⓘ Kaohsiung ⓘ surface form: Kaohsiung City
administeredBy	Coast Guard Administration ⓘ surface form: Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan) Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
alsoKnownAs	Dongsha Islands ⓘ surface form: Dongsha Qundao Pratas ⓘ Pratas Islands ⓘ Dongsha Islands ⓘ surface form: Tungsha Islands
archipelago	South China Sea Islands ⓘ
area	approximately 2.4 square kilometres ⓘ
climate	tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
controlledBy	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
country	Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
disputedBy	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
elevation	approximately 2 to 3 metres above sea level ⓘ
environmentalStatus	coral reef habitat ⓘ important marine ecosystem ⓘ
feature	circular atoll structure ⓘ fringing reef ⓘ sandy coral island ⓘ shallow central lagoon ⓘ
garrison	Taiwan Coast Guard personnel ⓘ
hasPart	Dongsha Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dongsha Atoll Pratas Islands ⓘ surface form: Pratas Island coral reef ⓘ lagoon ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Pearl River estuary ⓘ surface form: Pearl River Estuary
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ South China Sea ⓘ northern South China Sea ⓘ tropical region ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
locatedSouthwestOf	Formosa ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Island
nativeName	Dongsha Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 東沙群島
population	no permanent civilian population ⓘ
sovereigntyClaimedBy	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan)
strategicImportance	controls approaches to the Pearl River Delta ⓘ located on major shipping routes in the South China Sea ⓘ
timezone	Taipei Time ⓘ surface form: National Standard Time (Taiwan)
usedFor	coast guard base ⓘ meteorological observation ⓘ military outpost ⓘ navigation aid ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

Pratas Islands → hasAlternativeName → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongsha Atoll

Pratas Islands → hasAlternativeName → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tungsha Islands

Pratas Islands → hasPortugueseName → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ilhas Pratas

Zhongsha Qundao (in Chinese context) → partOf → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Zhongsha Qundao

this entity surface form: South China Sea Islands

東沙環礁 → 別名 → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: 東沙群島

東沙環礁 → 最大島嶼 → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: 東沙島

Pratas Islands airstrip → locatedIn → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongsha Atoll

Pratas Island Lighthouse → locatedOnReefOrIsland → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pratas Island (Dongsha Island)

Dongsha Atoll National Park → locatedIn → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongsha Atoll

Dongsha Atoll National Park → contains → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongsha Island (Pratas Island)

Dongsha Islands → alsoKnownAs → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongsha Qundao

Dongsha Islands → alsoKnownAs → Dongsha Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tungsha Islands

Dongsha Islands → nativeName → Dongsha Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 東沙群島

Dongsha Islands → hasPart → Dongsha Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dongsha Atoll