Spratly Islands

E57135

archipelago disputed territory

The Spratly Islands are a strategically important and resource-rich archipelago in the South China Sea, subject to overlapping territorial claims by several countries including China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, and Taiwan.

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All labels observed (11)

Label	Occurrences
Spratly Islands canonical	21
Spratly Islands region	3
Fiery Cross Reef	1
Islands of the South China Sea	1
Spratly Island	1
Spratly Island (island eponym)	1
Spratly Islands dispute	1
Spratly Islands group	1
Taiping Island	1
Trường Sa Islands	1
南方諸島	1

Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archipelago ⓘ disputed territory ⓘ
alsoClaimedBy	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Republic of China ⓘ surface form: Republic of China (Taiwan) Philippines ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Philippines Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Socialist Republic of Vietnam
composedOf	islands ⓘ islets ⓘ reefs ⓘ sandbanks ⓘ shoals ⓘ
contains	Cuarteron Reef ⓘ Spratly Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs ⓘ Itu Aba Island ⓘ Johnson South Reef ⓘ Mischief Reef ⓘ Nanshan Island ⓘ Second Thomas Shoal ⓘ Spratly Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spratly Island (island eponym) Subi Reef ⓘ Thitu Island ⓘ
estimatedHydrocarbonPotential	significant but uncertain natural gas reserves ⓘ significant but uncertain oil reserves ⓘ
fishingImportance	one of the world's most productive fishing grounds ⓘ
governedBy	multiple de facto occupying states ⓘ
hasApproximateArea	425,000 square kilometers (maritime area of the archipelago region) ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical ⓘ
hasDisputeType	continental shelf claim dispute ⓘ exclusive economic zone dispute ⓘ territorial sovereignty dispute ⓘ
hasEnvironment	coral reef ecosystems ⓘ marine biodiversity hotspots ⓘ
hasLegalContext	United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
hasNumberOfFeatures	more than 100 maritime features ⓘ
involves	freedom of navigation operations by external powers ⓘ
locatedIn	South China Sea ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
namedAfter	Richard Spratly ⓘ
near	Palawan ⓘ surface form: Palawan (Philippines) Paracel Islands ⓘ coast of Borneo ⓘ coast of Vietnam ⓘ
occupiedBy	China ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
partOf	Maritime Southeast Asia ⓘ disputed areas of the South China Sea ⓘ
relevantTo	US–China strategic competition ⓘ regional security in East Asia ⓘ
shippingLaneImportance	major route for global trade between East Asia and Europe ⓘ major route for oil and gas shipments ⓘ
sovereigntyClaimedBy	Brunei Darussalam ⓘ surface form: Brunei China ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
strategicImportance	control of major shipping lanes ⓘ military significance ⓘ potential oil and gas reserves ⓘ rich fishing grounds ⓘ
subjectTo	environmental degradation ⓘ freedom of navigation tensions ⓘ land reclamation activities ⓘ maritime boundary disputes ⓘ militarization ⓘ overlapping territorial claims ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+8 (for most nearby administered features) ⓘ

Referenced by (33)

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

South China Sea → hasIslandGroup → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Republic of Vietnam → claimedTerritory → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Republic of China → administers → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Taiping Island

western Pacific Ocean → adjacentTo → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Spratly Islands → contains → Spratly Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiery Cross Reef

Spratly Islands → contains → Spratly Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly Island (island eponym)

Scarborough Shoal → partOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly Islands region

Nanpō Islands → hasJapaneseName → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: 南方諸島

Second Thomas Shoal → locatedIn → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Nanshan Island → locatedIn → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Nanshan Island → archipelago → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Nanshan Island → regionClaimedAsPartOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trường Sa Islands

Richard Spratly → notableFor → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Richard Spratly → nameGivenTo → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Richard Spratly → hasPart → Spratly Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: South China Sea

Richard Spratly → associatedWithGeographicRegion → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly Islands region

Mischief Reef → locatedIn → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Mischief Reef → partOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly Islands group

Mischief Reef → locatedInDisputedArea → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly Islands dispute

Subi Reef → locatedIn → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Johnson South Reef → partOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Johnson South Reef → archipelago → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Cuarteron Reef → partOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Gaven Reefs → locatedIn → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Money Island → hasCategory → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Islands of the South China Sea

Sansha City → administers → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Scarborough Reef → partOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly Islands region

Philippines v. China (PCA case) → concernsFeature → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Itu Aba Island → locatedIn → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Itu Aba Island → isLargestNaturallyOccurringFeatureOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Taiping Island → locatedIn → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Taiping Island → isLargestNaturallyOccurringFeatureOf → Spratly Islands ⓘ

Taiping Island → nearbyFeature → Spratly Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spratly Island