China
31°40′N 121°29′E
Islands of Shanghai
The islands of Shanghai are those under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai municipal government. They comprise three large inhabited islands and a shifting number of smaller, uninhabited ones.

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The islands of Shanghai are those under the jurisdiction of the Shanghai municipal government. They comprise three large inhabited islands and a shifting number of smaller, uninhabited ones. Most are alluvial islands in the Yangtze River Delta in China, although a number of islands in Hangzhou Bay off Jinshan District are also administered by Shanghai. The alluvial islands are relatively young and their number varies over time. In 2006, the city's 19 uninhabited islands covered 226.27 square kilometers (87.36 sq mi), with a total coastline length of 309 kilometers (192 mi). The Yangshan area of the Port of Shanghai is also located on two islands, Greater and Lesser Yangshan in Hangzhou Bay, but these are administered as part of Zhejiang's Shengsi County.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands1
- Islets0
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Chongming Island
- Area
- 1,505 km²
- High point
- 25 m
Chongming (Chinese: 崇明岛), formerly romanized as Chungming, is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in East China covering 1,267 square kilometers (489 sq mi) as of 2010.
Hengsha Dao
- Area
- 166 km²
- High point
- 14 m
Hengsha (横沙岛, Shanghainese: Waan So Tau) is a low-lying alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in eastern China. Together with the islands of Chongming and Changxing, it forms Chongming District, the northernmost area of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Its population was 33,400 in 2008.
Minor islands
Jiuduansha
- Area
- —
size unknown
Figures
Comparative heights
- Chongming: 25 m
- Hengsha Dao: 14 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
Photographs

Shanghai, Landsat-7 near natural colors image, 30 m resolution

View From Yard
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Shanghai Landsat-7 2005-08-15. NASA / Public domain
- View From Yard - panoramio. ---=XEON=--- / CC BY 3.0