List of islands in the South China Sea

The South China Sea

Islands in the South China Sea includes the South China Sea Islands (Spratly Islands, Pratas Islands, Paracel Islands and Macclesfield Bank), islands on the China coast, on the Vietnam coast, on the Borneo coast, and the peripheral islands of Taiwan, the Philippines, etc.

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South China Sea Islands

Pratas Islands

Administered as part of Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China

Macclesfield Bank

There are no islands, nor any land above sea-level, in the Macclesfield Bank.

In conjunction with the Scarborough Shoal, which also contains no islands, the PRC refer to the combined area as the Zhongsha Islands, a strange choice of name given that it contains no islands.

Spratly Islands

See also List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands

Note that in the Spratly Islands area, the definition of "island" is applied very liberally. There are in fact only about a dozen islands with an area greater than 1 hectare.

Taiwan (ROC)	China (PRC)	Philippines	Vietnam	Malaysia	Others
Taiping Island / Itu Aba Zhongzhou Reef	Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Mischief Reef Subi Reef Eldad Reef	Flat Island Half Moon Shoal Irving Reef Lankiam Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island	Amboyna Cay Collins Reef Ladd Reef Namyit Island Sin Cowe Island Spratly Island Sand Cay Southwest Cay	Ardasier Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal James Shoal Luconia Shoals Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef	Louisa Reef

Paracel Islands

See Paracel Islands#List of all geographical entities with Chinese and Vietnamese names for a complete list.
The Paracel Islands are occupied by the People's Republic of China (PRC), and claimed by the PRC, the ROC (Taiwan), and Vietnam.

Amphitrite Group	Crescent Group	Ungrouped
Woody Island Rocky Island West Sand Tree Island	Pattle Island Duncan Island	Triton Island Bombay Reef

Scarborough Shoal

Islands in the Taiwan Strait

• Amoy (Fujian Province, mainland China)
• Quemoy (Fuchien Province, Republic of China (Taiwan))
• Pescadores (Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan))

Islands on the southern coast of China

Islands of Guangdong

• Shangchuan Island
• Xiachuan Island
• Hengqin
• Wanshan Archipelago

Islands of Hong Kong

See Islands and Peninsulas of Hong Kong for a full list.

• Lantau
• Hong Kong Island
• Po Toi Islands
• Cheung Chau

Islands of Macau

Ilha Verde is connected to the Macao Peninsula as a result of land reclamation. Ilha de Coloane and Ilha da Taipa are connected (to each other), also as a result of land reclamation.

• Ilha Verde
• Ilha de Coloane
• Ilha da Taipa

Islands of Guangxi

• Weizhou and Xieyang Islands

Islands of Hainan

• Hainan
• Qizhou Liedao

Islands on the eastern coast of Vietnam

• Con Dao
• Cu Lao Cham
• Bach Long Vi

Islands in the Gulf of Siam

• Ko Chang (Thailand)
• Ko Kham (Thailand)
• Ko Mak (Thailand)
• Ko Pha Ngan (Thailand)
• Ko Samui (Thailand)
• Ko Tao (Thailand)
• Koh Tang (Cambodia)
• Dao Phu Quoc (Vietnam)

Islands on the coast of Malay Peninsula

• Besar Island (Malaysia)
• Tioman Island (Malaysia)
• Redang Island (Malaysia)
• Perhentian Islands (Malaysia)
• Rawa Island (Malaysia)
• Pedra Branca (Singapore)
• Sibu Island (Malaysia)
• Pemanggil Island (Malaysia)

Islands of Indonesia

• Batam Island
• Galang Island
• Lingga Islands
• Natuna Islands
• Riau Archipelago

Islands of Borneo

• Jong Batu (Brunei)
• Pulau Kabung (Indonesia)
• Labuan (Malaysia)
• Louisa Reef (Brunei)
• Pulau Merundung (Indonesia)
• Pulau Tambelan Besar (Indonesia)
• Tanjong Pelumpong (Brunei)
• Pulau Temaju (Indonesia)
• Tiga Island (Malaysia)

Islands on the western coast of the Philippines

• Batanes
• Luzon
• Mindoro
• Calamian Islands
• Palawan
• Sombrero Island, Batangas
• Tingloy, Batangas

See also

• List of islands of the People's Republic of China
• List of islands of the Republic of China