Zhongsha Islands

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The Zhongsha Islands are a largely submerged group of reefs, shoals, and banks in the South China Sea that are subject to overlapping territorial claims, most prominently by China.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf group of islands
reef system
shoal group
submerged bank area
administeredByClaim Hainan Province NERFINISHED
People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
Sansha City NERFINISHED
ChineseName 中沙群岛 NERFINISHED
ChinesePinyin Zhōngshā Qúndǎo NERFINISHED
composedOf banks
reefs
shoals
countryClaimedBy China NERFINISHED
People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
Republic of China (Taiwan) NERFINISHED
disputedRegionOf South China Sea NERFINISHED
geologicalType coral reef structures
hasLanguageOfToponym Chinese
hasMajorFeature Macclesfield Bank NERFINISHED
Zhongsha Atoll NERFINISHED
hasNoPermanentPopulation true
largelySubmerged true
locatedIn South China Sea NERFINISHED
Western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
north-central South China Sea
maritimeClaimsRelatedTo continental shelf
exclusive economic zone
nearbyTo Paracel Islands NERFINISHED
Spratly Islands NERFINISHED
partOf South China Sea Islands NERFINISHED
recognizedAs low-tide elevations and submerged features
sovereigntyClaim People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
Republic of China (Taiwan) NERFINISHED
strategicImportance fisheries
potential hydrocarbon resources
shipping lanes
subjectOf overlapping territorial claims
territorialDispute South China Sea dispute
underInternationalLawContext United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED

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

Zhongsha Qundao (in Chinese context) alsoKnownAs Zhongsha Islands
subject surface form: Zhongsha Qundao