Paracel Islands

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archipelago disputed territory

The Paracel Islands are a strategically located and resource-rich archipelago in the South China Sea, subject to overlapping territorial claims by China, Vietnam, and Taiwan.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hoàng Sa Islands by Vietnam 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
disputed territory ⓘ
administeredAs Sansha City ⓘ
administeredBy China ⓘ
administeredFrom Woody Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
area approximately 15,000 square kilometers of sea area ⓘ
battleYear 1974 ⓘ
claimedAs Paracel Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hoàng Sa Islands by Vietnam

Pratas and Paracel Islands by Taiwan ⓘ
Xisha Islands by China ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
controlledBy China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
countryClaimedBy China ⓘ
Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ
surface form: Taiwan

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
deFactoControlSince 1974 ⓘ
disputeType maritime boundary dispute ⓘ
territorial dispute ⓘ
ecosystem coral reefs ⓘ
marine biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
formerAdministeredBy Republic of Vietnam ⓘ
surface form: South Vietnam
formerColonialClaimant France ⓘ
hasPart Amphitrite Group ⓘ
Crescent Group ⓘ
Lincoln Island ⓘ
Money Island ⓘ
Pattle Island ⓘ
Robert Island ⓘ
Tree Island ⓘ
Triton Island ⓘ
Woody Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn South China Sea ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: Western Pacific Ocean
majorGroup Amphitrite Group ⓘ
Crescent Group ⓘ
naturalResource fisheries ⓘ
potential natural gas reserves ⓘ
potential oil reserves ⓘ
numberOfIslandsAndReefs over 30 ⓘ
partOf maritime area of the South China Sea ⓘ
relatedInternationalLaw United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
siteOf Battle of the Paracel Islands ⓘ
strategicImportance control of sea lanes in the South China Sea ⓘ
military outpost location ⓘ
proximity to major shipping routes ⓘ
usedFor airstrips ⓘ
military bases ⓘ
radar installations ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

western Pacific Ocean → adjacentTo → Paracel Islands ⓘ
Paracel Islands → claimedAs → Paracel Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hoàng Sa Islands by Vietnam
Republic of Vietnam → claimedTerritory → Paracel Islands ⓘ
South China Sea → hasIslandGroup → Paracel Islands ⓘ
Spratly Islands → near → Paracel Islands ⓘ