Showing posts with label island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label island. Show all posts

Sunday, June 21, 2015

How a non-existent island became China's southernmost territory

James Shoal, totally submerges

Where is the "southernmost point of Chinese territory"? It's a controversial question and the least controversial answer might be Hainan Island . More controversial options would be the Paracel (Xisha) islands or the Spratlys (Nansha). But officially the southernmost point is even further south - as far south as the James Shoal, about 100 kilometres from the coast of Borneo. What's more surprising is that this piece of the motherland is actually invisible. There's nothing there to see, unless you have diving equipment.