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- Archipelago in disputed South China Sea
- Claimed by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam
- Potential energy reserves/fishing grounds
- China calls them Xisha Islands/the Hoang Sa Archipelago in Vietnam
- Under Chinese control since 1974
- Scene of naval battle between China and South Vietnam
- A group of 130 small coral islands and reefs
- Uninhabited, low, barren, not more than 2.5 Km long
- 350 km southeast of Hainan Island, China
- 400 km east of central Vietnam
- Triton (south), Lincoln (east) – isolated, outlying islands
- Amphitrite Group – northeast – largest island – Woody Island (largest of Paracels)
- Crecent Group – west – largest island – Pattle Island
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