Spratly Islands

The Spratly Islands  are 100 small uninhabited islands in the South China Sea."Spratly Islands" at CIA World Factbook ; excerpt, "no indigenous inhabitants"; retrieved 2013-4-19. Fish are an abundant resource around the islands. The countries of Brunei Darussalam, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam have a commercial interest in them. These countries share control of the islands but have varying claims of territory.

The islands are named after the British whaling captain Richard Spratly who saw Spratly Island in 1843.

The islands have less than 2 km2 (490 acres) of land area. This is  spread over an area of more than .The biggest island is Taiping Dao. The island is also known as It Aba. It is about  long and about  wide at its widest point.

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Category:Islands  of Asia
Category:Territorial disputes