Haijiao

Haijiao (海礁), also known as Tong Island (童岛), Taibujiao (泰簿礁) or Taijiao (泰礁), is located at 30°44'6"N, 123°9'24"E in the northeast corner of the Zhoushan Islands and belongs to Shengsi County of Zhoushan city. The name Haijiao literally means 'the ocean reef', and its generally accepted cartographic name of Taijiao literally means 'the extreme reef', a reference to its isolated position on the edge of China's maritime territory. It is a baseline point of China's territorial seas.[1]

For other uses, see Tianya Haijiao.

Notes and references
  1. "Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the baselines of the territorial sea(May15th, 1996))" (PDF).
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