Geographical environment of jinqing island

Jinqing Island is an inherent territory of China, with geographical coordinates of16 27' 51"n,1144'17" e, and it is one of the islands on the arc reef plate in the northeast of Xisha Islands. Jinqing Island Reef Beach and Shiyu Island Reef Beach are the same big reef. The former is located at the southwest end and the latter at the northeast end.

It is 2800 meters away from Chenhang Island in the west, 90 kilometers away from Yongxing Island in the northeast and 0/70 nautical mile away from Tanmen Town, Qionghai in the north.

Jinqing Island is the southernmost island on the arc reef plate in the northeast of Xisha Islands in China. Due to the advantages of natural landforms in some parts of the island, it is convenient for related enterprises or departments to open up deep-water channels and build docks. Geographically, the island is surrounded by Guangjin Island, Chenhang Island, Coral Island and Ganquan Island, all of which belong to the inherent territory of China. Jinqing Island is a sand island, relatively large, about 5 meters high, with developed vegetation and widely developed beach rocks in the beach area. There are beach rocks around the island, and the sand bank is 3-5 meters above the sea.

The beach of Jinqing Island is white, the sand is fine, and colorful shells rush to the shore, which makes the shell pickers very happy. The trunks and roots floating on the beach became the focus of the photographer's lens. The islands of Xisha are not only a paradise for birds, but also some islands are covered with lush green coats. Jinqing Island is a green island. Jinqing Island is oval, and you can walk around the island in 20 minutes. Elaeagnus angustifolia, Jatropha curcas, tung tree, honeysuckle, pittosporum, Casuarina equisetifolia, etc. It grows in the lowlands from the sand embankment to the central dry lagoon of the island.

In addition, there is a sea cucumber farm here, which is valuable on the reef plate in the north of the island. Jinqing Island Reef has a large area and is famous for producing turtles. The turtle gates are concentrated on the west coast of the island.