What is the exact scope and area of the South China Sea? How many islands and reefs are included?

1. Range: South China Sea is about 2,000 kilometers long from north to south and about 1000 kilometers wide from east to west. From the southern tip of Nan 'ao Island and Taiwan Province Island in the north, to kalimantan island and Sumatra Island in the south, to Chinese mainland, Indochina Peninsula and Malay Peninsula in the west, to the Philippines in the east, to the Pacific Ocean in the east and to the Indian Ocean in the west.

2. Area: The natural sea area is about 3.5 million square kilometers, of which the total area of China's territorial waters is about 26.5438 million square kilometers.

3. Island reef: 277. According to the announcement issued by 1983 China Geographical Names Committee, 252 islands, continents, beaches, reefs and beaches have been standardized, of which 25 are called islands.

Extended data

South China Sea Islands

According to its distribution, it is divided into four groups: dongsha islands, Xisha Islands, zhongsha islands and Nansha Islands.

1, dongsha islands

In the sea area between 20 33' north latitude and 210' east longitude and115 54' to116 57' east longitude. Dongsha has three coral atolls.

2. Xisha Islands

Between north latitude15 46' and east longitude17 08', and east longitude11'~112 54'. Xisha Islands covers an area of more than 500,000 square kilometers, with 40 islands and reefs, of which 29 are exposed to the sea, with a total area of about 10 square kilometers, making it the largest island reef group exposed to the water in the South China Sea. It can be divided into two groups: Xuande Islands in the northeast; Located in the southwest is Yongle Islands. Yongxing Island is the main island of Xisha Islands and the administrative center of West, South and zhongsha islands.

3. zhongsha islands

Between north latitude13 57' ~19 33', east longitude113 02' ~18 45', the north-south latitude is 5 30. It consists of 26 named shoals and 4 scattered shoals on Huangyan Island and Zhongsha Atoll, including Yi Tong Shoal, Constitution Shoal, Shenhu Shoal and Zhongnan Shoal.

4. Nansha Islands

North latitude 3 35' ~1155', east longitude109 30' ~17 50'; It is about 905 kilometers long from east to west, 887 kilometers wide from north to south, and the sea area is 886,000 square kilometers. Nanhua Waterway runs through the islands from112 35' ~116 30' in east longitude, and forms a three-point connection line through10 55', 9 55' and 8 40' in north latitude, which separates them. There are 1 1 islands and 6 sandbars; Reef 105, shoal 34, shoal 2 1.

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