Senkaku Islands facts for kids

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Senkaku Islands, also called Senkaku Shotō (尖閣諸島, Senkaku-guntō, and Senkaku-rettō), Diaoyu Dao Islands (釣魚島) and Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台群島), are uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.

The group of islands, islets and rocks is east of mainland China, northeast of Taiwan, west of Okinawa, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. The islands are about 200km from Taiwan, and about 300 km from Okinawa.

Dispute

Three of the Senkaku Islands

Control over these islands and rocks is disputed. The dispute issues are complex.

The Japanese government describes the islands as part of Japan.

The islands are also described as part of China.

The United States occupied the islands from 1945 to 1972 when they reverted to Japan. The official US position is neutral in a dispute among Japan, China and Taiwan.

Related pages

• Provinces of Japan
• Prefectures of Japan
• List of regions of Japan
• List of islands of Japan

Images for kids

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  An extract from a map of Asia (China and Tartary) drawn by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville in 1752.

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  Japanese workers at a bonito fishery processing plant on Uotsuri-shima sometime around 1910

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  Map including Uotsuri-Shima (labeled as UOTSURI-SHIMA 魚釣島) (1954)

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  Map including Taishō-tō (labeled as SEKIBI-SHO 赤尾屿) (1954)

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  Map of the Senkaku Islands area (1944)

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  The five islands and three rocks, numbered for the table above.

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  A geological map of Uotsuri-shima drawn by Japanese geologist Hisashi Kuroiwa in 1900.

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  Map including the Senkaku Islands (labeled as SENKAKU-GUNTŌ) and surrounding areas from the International Map of the World (1954)

See also

In Spanish: Islas Senkaku para niños