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<text id=93CT1364>
<title>
Spratly Islands--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Spratly Islands
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the South China Sea, between Vietnam and the
Philippines
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: NA km2 but less than 5 km2</l>
<l> land area: less than 5 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: NA</l>
</list>
<p>note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts
scattered over the South China Sea
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 926 km
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: NA
</p>
<p>International disputes: all of the Spratly Islands are claimed
by China, Taiwan, and Vietnam; parts of them are claimed by
Malaysia and the Philippines; in 1984, Brunei established an
exclusive economic zone, which encompasses Louisa Reef, but has
not publicly claimed the island
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical
</p>
<p>Terrain: flat
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural
gas potential
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to typhoons; includes numerous small
islands, atolls, shoals, and coral reefs
</p>
<p>Note: strategically located near several primary shipping
lanes in the central South China Sea; serious navigational
hazard
</p></body></article></text>