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OAS seaname Detail for Gulf of Tonkin
| seanames_id: | 28 |
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| Seaname: | Gulf of Tonkin |
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| Definition: | The Gulf of Tonkin, situated northwestward and adjacent to the South China Sea, is bounded by the coasts of Viet Nam and China, and the western coast of Hainan Island (China). Its common limits with the South China Sea (see 6.1) are the following: On the East (in the Hainan Strait) A line joining Lingao Cape (20 Degrees 00 Minutes 30 Seconds N - 109 Degrees 42 Minutes 40 Seconds E), on the northwestern coast of Hainan Island, northeastward to Jiaowei Cape (20 Degrees 13 Minutes 30 Seconds N - 109 Degrees 55 Minutes 15 Seconds E), the southwestern extremity of Leizhou Peninsula, on the coast of China. On the South: A line joining Cape Lai (17 Degrees 05 Minutes N - 107 Degrees 07 Minutes 15 Seconds E), in Viet Nam, northeastward to Yingge Cape (18 Degrees 30 Minutes N - 108 Degrees 41 Minutes 30 Seconds E), the southwestern extremity of Hainan Island, China. |
| Citation: | Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2000-10-24 04:00:00+00 |