The Shengsi Islands or Archipelago () are part of the

Zhoushan Archipelago Zhoushan , formerly romanized as Chusan, is an urbanized archipelago with the administrative status of a prefecture-level city in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. It consists of an archipelago of islands at the southern mouth of H ...

and located south of the mouth of the

Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...

(east of

Hangzhou Bay Hangzhou Bay, or the Bay of Hangzhou (), is a funnel-shaped inlet of the East China Sea, bordered by the province of Zhejiang and the municipality of Shanghai, which lies north of the Bay. The Bay extends from the East China Sea to its head ...

). They comprise 394 islands, each with an area larger than , but of which just 18 are inhabitable. The largest island is Sijiao Island with an area of . The islands are administered by

Shengsi County Shengsi County is a county in the northeast of Zhejiang province consisting of an archipelago islands located to the east of Hangzhou Bay. It is under the administration of Zhoushan City and is the easternmost county-level division in the provi ...

of Zhoushan City. The islands have a subtropical climate, with yearly average temperature of . The area is also notable as tourist destination and a fishery that attracts more than 100,000 fishermen every winter.Shanghai Star, 2001-04-26

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Shanghai Star, 2001-04-26
Zhoushan Tourist attractions in Zhejiang Islands of the East China Sea Archipelagoes of China Archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean Shengsi Islands {{PRChina-geo-stub

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