Triton Island

Triton Island
Disputed island;
	Triton Island from the west
	Triton Island
Other names	Chinese: 中建岛; pinyin: Zhōngjiàn Dǎo; Vietnamese: đảo Tri Tôn
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	15°47′2″N 111°11′52″E / 15.78389°N 111.19778°E
Archipelago	Paracel Islands
Area	7 ha (17 acres)
Length	0.33 km (0.205 mi)
Width	0.28 km (0.174 mi)
Administration
	People's Republic of China
Claimed by
	People's Republic of China
	Republic of China (Taiwan)
	Vietnam
Demographics
Population	0

Triton Island (Chinese: 中建岛; pinyin: Zhōngjiàn Dǎo; Vietnamese: đảo Tri Tôn) is the westernmost and southernmost of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.^[1] It is located on the southwest corner of Triton Reef and has an area of 7 hectares (17 acres) above sea-level. The reef including the island measures about 120 hectares (300 acres) in area.^[2] The island is administered by the People's Republic of China,^[3] and is also claimed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.

The island was historically known by the Chinese as Bànlù Zhì (Chinese: 半路峙; lit. 'halfway tower'), and as Luó Dǎo (Chinese: 螺岛; lit. 'snail island') to Chinese fishermen.^[4] Other Chinese sources have it named as 南建岛, as it was the southernmost point claimed by China until after 1933.^[5] The current Chinese name commemorates the Republic of China Navy warship ROCS Chung-chien (中建號) sent in 1946 to claim the Paracel Islands.^[6]

^ Only Herald Bank (Songtao Tan, 嵩燾灘, or Bãi Ốc Tai Voi) at 15°50′N 112°15′E is slightly more southerly, but this is a submarine feature with a least depth of 236 meters.
^ gauged from satellite image
^ Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Chinese dictionary". www.yellowbridge.com. Yellow bridge. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
^ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1933) 外交部公報 (Gazette of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 6, 3 (July–Sept.), pp. 206–23.
^ 吕一燃 (Lu Yiran), 2007. 中国近代边界史 (A modern history of China's borders), Vol. 2. 四川人民出版社 (Sichuan People's Publishing), pp.1092-1093. ISBN 7220073313

[1] Only Herald Bank (Songtao Tan, 嵩燾灘, or Bãi Ốc Tai Voi) at 15°50′N 112°15′E is slightly more southerly, but this is a submarine feature with a least depth of 236 meters.

[2] uged from satellite image

[guardian-3] Cite error: The named reference guardian was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Chinese dictionary". www.yellowbridge.com. Yellow bridge. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[5] Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1933) 外交部公報 (Gazette of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 6, 3 (July–Sept.), pp. 206–23.

[6] 吕一燃 (Lu Yiran), 2007. 中国近代边界史 (A modern history of China's borders), Vol. 2. 四川人民出版社 (Sichuan People's Publishing), pp.1092-1093. ISBN 7220073313

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