Sheshan Island
Encyclopedia
Sheshandao Island is located 35 km (21.7 mi) east of Chongming Island, in the estuary of the Yangtze River
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Total island area
is 0.037 km² (0.0142857798679238 sq mi).
The island belongs to Shanghai
and is guarded by the PLA Navy
.
There is a 130 years old light house on the island.
2005Nov 1st, The stele of "Chinese territorial sea baseline point" erected.
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...
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Total island area
Area
Area is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...
is 0.037 km² (0.0142857798679238 sq mi).
The island belongs to Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
and is guarded by the PLA Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...
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There is a 130 years old light house on the island.
2005Nov 1st, The stele of "Chinese territorial sea baseline point" erected.