Robert Island (Paracel Islands) Explained

Robert Island
Coordinates:16.5056°N 111.5853°W
Pushpin Map:South China Sea
Pushpin Label:Robert Island
Length Km:0.75
Width Km:0.54
Area Total Km2:0.32
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:China
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Hainan
Subdivision Type2:Prefecture-level city
Subdivision Name2:Sansha
Subdivision Type3:County-level division
Subdivision Name3:Xisha District
Subdivision Name4:Yongxing DaoNeighborhood Committee
Timezone1:China
Utc Offset1:+8

Robert Island, also known as Round Island and Ganquan Island (; 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: China Focus: South China islands see green transformation . https://web.archive.org/web/20140913172536/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-07/30/c_133520232.htm . dead . September 13, 2014 . 30 July 2014 . 13 September 2014 . news.xinhuanet.com.
  2. Web site: 三沙市保护甘泉岛唐宋遗址 突出历史底色 . 1 October 2016 . People's Daily . zh.