Is the Nansha Islands American?

Nansha Islands, formerly known as Wanli Shitang, Wanlilongtan and Wansheng Shitangyu, are located in the south of the South China Sea, with Xiongnan Reef in the north, shoals in the south, Wan 'an Beach in the west and Haima Beach in the east. They are the southernmost islands in the South China Sea, with the largest number of islands and reefs and the widest distribution. It is under the jurisdiction of Nansha District, Sansha City, Hainan Province, People's Republic of China (PRC).

Nansha Islands is located at 3 35' ~1155' north latitude and109 30' ~17 50' east longitude, with a length of 905km from east to west, 887km from north to south and a sea area of 88. It faces Vietnam in the northwest, the Philippines across the sea in the northeast and the coastal areas of Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia in the south.

Climatic characteristics

The vast majority of Nansha Islands are located in the south of north latitude 10, belonging to the equatorial monsoon climate zone and marine tropical rain forest climate. Under the influence of northeast monsoon, southwest monsoon, subtropical high, intertropical convergence zone and tropical cyclone, the main climatic characteristics are formed, such as long sunshine, strong radiation, small temperature difference, high temperature and humidity all year round, little wind and fog, abundant precipitation and increasing from north to south, and obvious dry and wet seasons.

The annual average temperature and annual average sea surface temperature in Nansha Islands >: 27℃, with the highest in South China Sea; The annual average temperature of Taiping Island is 27.5℃, and that of Nanwei Island is 27.7℃. /kloc-The average monthly temperature in February is not lower than 26℃, the highest temperature in May is 28.8℃, and the extreme high temperature is 35℃.

The low temperature weather occurred in 65438+ 10 month, with the extreme low temperature of 22.4℃ in Taiping Island and 2 1. 1℃ in Nanwei Island. The daily, monthly and annual average temperature changes and the temperature difference between winter and summer are very small, and the annual temperature difference is only 2 ~ 3℃, which is basically balanced between day and night and morning, without distinction of four seasons.

The surface seawater temperature is also kept high all the year round, and the monthly average temperature difference between the hottest month (May) and the hottest month (65438+ 10) is also very small, so it is called the "Sea of Constant Summer".

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nansha Islands