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OAS seaname Detail for Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait (T'ai-Wan Hai-Hsia), meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 1
| seanames_id: |
111 |
| Seaname: |
Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait (T'ai-Wan Hai-Hsia) |
| Sea code: |
57K |
| Definition: |
The limits of the Taiwan Strait, wide passage situated between the coast of China and Taiwan island and linking the East China Sea and the South China Sea, are the following: On the North: A line joining the coast of China (25 Degrees 42 Minutes N - 119 Degrees 36 Minutes E) eastward to Xiang Cape (25 Degrees 40 Minutes N - 119 Degrees 47 Minutes 10 Seconds E), the northern extremity of Haitan Island, and thence to Fugui Cape (25 Degrees 17 Minutes 45 Seconds N - 121 Degrees 32 Minutes 30 Seconds E), the northern extremity of Taiwan Island (the common limit with the East China Sea, see 7.3). On the East: From Fugui Cape southward, along the western coast of Taiwan Island, to Eluan Cape (21 Degrees 53 Minutes 45 Seconds N - 120 Degrees 51 Minutes 30 Seconds E), the southern extremity of this island. On the South: A line joining Eluan Cape northwestward, along the southern banks of Nanao Island, to the southeastern extremity of this island (23 Degrees 23 Minutes 35 Seconds N - 117 Degrees 07 Minutes 15 Seconds E); thence westward, along the southern coast of Nanao Island, to Changshan Head (23 Degrees 25 Minutes 50 Seconds N - 116 Degrees 56 Minutes 25 Seconds E), the western extremity of this island; and thence a line joining changshan Head westward to the mouth of Hanjiang River (23 Degrees 27 Minutes 30 Seconds N - 116 Degrees 52 Minutes E), on the coast of China (the common limit with the South China Sea, see 6.1). On the West : From the mouth of Hanjiang river northeastward, along the coast of China, to position 25 Degrees 42 Minutes N - 119 Degrees 36 Minutes E. |
| Citation: |
Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: |
false |
| Metadata version: |
1 |
| Keydate: |
2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: |
2016-05-10 16:24:16+00 |