Can I travel to Nansha Islands?

Among the Nansha Islands, Bird Gun Reef is the only island open to the outside world. As a tourist attraction, it is one of the most desirable diving hotspots for diving enthusiasts.

Gun Reef is located at 7 degrees 23 minutes north latitude and 1 13 degrees 50 minutes east longitude. It is a small closed and independent deep-sea atoll, shaped like a willow leaf. The atoll is 7.5km long from east to west and 2.3km wide from north to south, with an area of16km2 and a reef flat area of 1 1 km2. Low tide exposed, no entrance. The north reef beach is 430 meters wide, the south reef beach is 270 meters wide and the east reef beach is 600 meters wide. Xijiaoping is an atoll with a width of 2.5 kilometers.

There are a large number of coral reefs in the east, with an altitude of 1.5-3 meters. After low tide, a dumbbell-shaped dry beach is formed, which can be seen in the distance. The lagoon covers an area of 4.8 square kilometers, with shallow water and no entrance. Now two artificial waterways have been dug to connect with the sea. The outer edge of the coral reef is steep and deep. Because the reef blocks on the edge of the reef flat are fenced with stone statues (stone figures), fishermen in China call the reef a stone millimeter, and because Haiyan lives on the reef, it is also called Swallow Reef.

Introduction of Natural Landscape in Nansha Islands

Marble reefs, seagulls and swallows come here from the northern land to escape the heat and live in groups. The coastal seabed is also a paradise for all kinds of sharks to swim. Every year from March to June, 5438+ 10, thousands of swallows, egrets, brown boobies, crested terns and other birds gather at the western end of the artificial island (called Bird Island). The rest of the birds are black-headed black-necked gulls, white-winged white bellies, brown terns, brown boobies and black wings with white necks and white bellies on their heads.

The best time for bird watching is from 5 pm to 7 pm every day. You can carefully observe birds feeding young birds and hunting at sea.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Marble Reef