Rocky Island Shí Dǎo 石岛 | |
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Town | |
| Shí Dǎo Island 石岛虚拟镇 | |
 Rocky Island (left) connected to Woody Island (right) in 2009. | |
  Rocky Island | |
| Coordinates:16°50′40″N112°20′50″E / 16.84444°N 112.34722°E /16.84444; 112.34722 | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Hainan |
| City | Sansha |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town |
| • Body | Yongxingdao Neighborhood Committee |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 0.4 km (0.25 mi) |
| • Width | 0.22 km (0.14 mi) |
| Ethnicity | |
| • Chinese | 100% |
| Languages | |
| • Chinese | 100% |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China) |
| Post code | 572000 |
| Dialing code | +86 0898 |
Rocky Island (simplified Chinese:石岛;traditional Chinese:石島;pinyin:Shí Dǎo;lit. 'stone island'; Vietnamese:Đảo Đá) is one of theParacel Islands in theSouth China Sea. It is under the administration of thePeople's Republic of China and guarded by thePLA Navy. The island is also claimed byTaiwan andVietnam.
Until 2016–2017, Rocky Island was connected toWoody Island by an 800-metre concrete causeway. Land reclamation in 2016–2017 has joined the two islands by a larger area of land.[1][2][3] The north part of causeway is now part of an infill construction project while the south end provides protection of the roadway from the sea.
A signals intelligence station was built on Rocky Island in 1995, mainly because the island is the highest point in the Paracel Islands.[4][5]
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