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Chuanshan Archipelago
川山群岛
The Chuanshan Archipelago (川山群岛) is a group of islands in the South China Sea, just off the coast of Guangdong Province of southern China, rather nearer to the Pearl River Delta than to the Leizhou Peninsula.
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Overview
The Chuanshan Archipelago (川山群岛) is a group of islands in the South China Sea, just off the coast of Guangdong Province of southern China, rather nearer to the Pearl River Delta than to the Leizhou Peninsula.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands1
- Minor islands6
- Islets45
- Rocks & skerries196
Major islands
1
Shangchuan Island
- Area
- 140 km²
- High point
- 489 m
Minor islands
6
Wangfu Zhou
- Area
- 1.8 km²
- High point
- 175 m
Wangjing Zhou
- Area
- 1.2 km²
- High point
- 146 m
Ping Zhou
- Area
- 0.9 km²
- High point
- 75 m
Pipa Zhou
- Area
- 0.4 km²
- High point
- 92 m
Guanyu Zhou
- Area
- 0.28 km²
- High point
- 58 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 45 m
Rocks & skerries
196
On the chart above, at its closest zooms.
Listing 7 of 248; the rest are on the chart.
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Comparative heights
- Shangchuan: 489 m
- Wangfu Zhou: 175 m
- Wangjing Zhou: 146 m
- Pipa Zhou: 92 m
- Ping Zhou: 75 m
- Guanyu Zhou: 58 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
km², log scale
| Shangchuan Island | 140 km² |
| Wangfu Zhou | 1.8 km² |
| Wangjing Zhou | 1.2 km² |
| Ping Zhou | 0.9 km² |
| Pipa Zhou | 0.4 km² |
| Guanyu Zhou | 0.28 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |
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Facts
Photographs
- 20260805 Taishan Shi Chuandao Zhen Sanzhou Shequ Jumin Weiyuanhui. Yumeto / CC BY-SA 4.0