South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². It is the largest sea body after the five oceans. The minute South China Sea Islands, collectively an archipelago, number in the hundreds.

Related Topics:
Marginal sea - Pacific Ocean - Singapore - Strait of Taiwan - South China Sea Islands - Archipelago

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A number of nations, particularly the Philippines which knows it as the Luzón Sea, object to the name "South China Sea", in that it implies Chinese sovereignty over the sea, which they dispute.

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