page_title: Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
hierarchical_section_title: Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island
caption_attribution_description: Disputed sections of the border between China and Russia before the final border agreement of 2004.
context_page_description: Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island, or Heixiazi Island, is a sedimentary island at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur rivers. It is divided between the People's Republic of China and Russia. It has an area of about 327 to 350 km² and is bounded closely by Yinlong Island, and over ninety islets. Its position at the confluence of the Amur and the Ussuri and right next to the major Russian city of Khabarovsk, has given it great strategic importance.
context_section_description: Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island (Russian: о́стров Большо́й Уссури́йский Ostrov Bol'shoy Ussuriyskiy), or Heixiazi Island (simplified Chinese: 黑瞎子岛; traditional Chinese: 黑瞎子島; pinyin: Hēixiāzi Dǎo; lit. "black blind island"), is a sedimentary island at the confluence of the Ussuri and Amur rivers. It is divided between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Russia. It has an area of about 327 to 350 km² and is bounded closely by Yinlong Island (Tarabarov Island), and over ninety islets (in Chinese, Heixiazi may refer only to the large island or to the island group collectively). Its position at the confluence of the Amur and the Ussuri and right next to the major Russian city of Khabarovsk, has given it great strategic importance.
caption: Heixiazi / Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island is depicted in the inset map on the lower right.
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