Haijiao (海礁), also known as Tong Island (童岛), Taibujiao (泰簿礁) or Taijiao (泰礁), is located at 30°44'6"N, 123°9'24"E in the northeast corner of the
Zhoushan Islands
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 belongs to
Shengsi County
Shengsi County is a CPRC, 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 ...
of
Zhoushan
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 ...
city. The name Haijiao literally means 'the ocean reef', and its generally accepted cartographic name of Taijiao literally means 'the extreme reef', a reference to its isolated position on the edge of China's maritime territory. It is a baseline point of China's territorial seas.
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Notes and references
See also
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Zhoushanqundao (舟山群岛)
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Suyanjiao (
Suyan Rock) (苏岩礁)
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Dongnanjiao Dongnanjiao Island("东南礁") is located in the northeast corner of Zhoushanqundao (Zhoushan Islands),76 km from Shengsi County, and is part of the Shengsi County of Zhoushan city. Dongnanjiao is the baseline point of the Chinese territorial ...
(东南礁)
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Sheshandao(佘山岛)
External links
Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the baselines of the territorial sea(May15th, 1996)
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Zhoushan
Baselines of the Chinese territorial sea
Islands of Zhejiang
Islands of the East China Sea