Woody Island ( Chinese р 岛 , pinyin : Yǒngxīng dǎo , pall : Yongxing Dao - Yongxing Island; Vietnamese Đảo Phú Lâm - Fulam Island; Woody Island ) - one of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea . Over the island in 1974, control was established by the People's Republic of China . Claims for ownership of the island are presented by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam .
| Woody | |
|---|---|
| Chinese 永兴 岛 , Vietnam Đảo Phú Lâm Woody island | |
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| Specifications | |
| Square | 2.1 km² |
| Population | |
| Location | |
| Water area | South China Sea |
| A country |
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The island is inhabited; administratively part of the Sansha urban district [1] . The island has a Chinese military garrison [2] , a rescue center and an airport (military airfield [3] ) with a runway length of 2350 meters (the airfield was built in 1990) [4] .
Yongxing built new treatment facilities and a garbage processing plant, followed by a new desalination plant on the island, a center for monitoring sea turtles appears [5] .
See also
- Spratly Islands
- Paracel islands
Notes
- ↑ China declared the disputed island its city
- ↑ Mikhail Pak: China called on the US State Department to shut up and showed the world a new aircraft carrier
- ↑ Demonstration of power: China plays muscles in the southern seas // Gazeta.Ru , May 2018
- ↑ China has deployed J-11B fighters to the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. TASS
- ↑ China continues to build up disputed islands in the South China Sea // REGNUM