Robert Island (Paracel Islands)

Robert Island
Robert Island is located in South China Sea
Robert Island
Robert Island
Coordinates: 16°30′20″N 111°35′07″E / 16.50556°N 111.58528°E / 16.50556; 111.58528
CountryChina
ProvinceHainan
Prefecture-level citySansha
County-level divisionXisha District
Township-level divisionYongxing Dao Neighborhood Committee
Area
 • Total0.32 km2 (0.12 sq mi)
Dimensions
 • Length0.75 km (0.47 mi)
 • Width0.54 km (0.34 mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China)

Robert Island, also known as Round Island and Ganquan Island (Chinese: 甘泉岛; pinyin: Ganquan Dǎo; Vietnamese: Đảo Hữu Nhật) is an island in the Paracel Islands, in the South China Sea.

Like the other Paracel Islands, it is controlled by China (PRC) but is claimed by both Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam. It is administered as part of the Yongxing Dao Neighborhood Committee township-level division, in the county-level division of the Xisha District of the Sansha prefecture-level city, in Hainan province.

An environmental protection station was established there in February 2014.[1]

The Ganquan Island Tang-Song Site (Ganquan Dao Tang-Song yizhi), consisting two very small rocky temples, is classified as a Major National Historical and Cultural Site by the Chinese government because of ruins of an ancient settlement from the Tang and Song dynasties.[2]

References

  1. ^ "China Focus: South China islands see green transformation". news.xinhuanet.com. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on September 13, 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  2. ^ "三沙市保护甘泉岛唐宋遗址 突出历史底色". People's Daily (in Chinese). 1 October 2016.