May 31, 2016 - Paracel Islands, Paracel Islands, CHN - Paracel Islands, China - May 31 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT) The Paracel Islands, also known as Xisha in Chinese and Ho¨¤ng Sa in Vietnamese, is a group of islands, reefs, banks and other maritime features in the South China Sea.The archipelago includes about 130 small coral islands and reefs, most grouped into the northeast Amphitrite Group or the western Crescent Group. They are distributed over a maritime area of around 15,000 square kilometres (5,800 sq mi), with a land area of approximately 7.75 square kilometres (2.99 sq m
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May 31, 2016 - Paracel Islands, Paracel Islands, CHN - Paracel Islands, China - May 31 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY. CHINA OUT) The Paracel Islands, also known as Xisha in Chinese and Ho¨¤ng Sa in Vietnamese, is a group of islands, reefs, banks and other maritime features in the South China Sea.The archipelago includes about 130 small coral islands and reefs, most grouped into the northeast Amphitrite Group or the western Crescent Group. They are distributed over a maritime area of around 15, 000 square kilometres (5, 800 sq mi), with a land area of approximately 7.75 square kilometres (2.99 sq mi). The archipelago is approximately equidistant from the coastlines of China (PRC) and Vietnam; (Credit Image: © SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire)