South China Sea 16° 28’ N - 111° 35’ ESeas_of_the_World_2.htmlshapeimage_1_link_0
 
South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. It is a part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Taiwan Strait of around 3,500,000 km2. It is the largest sea body after the five oceans. The minute South China Sea Islands, collectively an archipelago, number in the hundreds. The sea and its mostly uninhabited islands are subject to several competing claims of sovereignty by neighboring nations. These competing claims are also reflected in the variety of names used for the islands and the sea. South China Sea is the dominant term used in English for the sea, and the name in most European languages is equivalent, but it is sometimes called by different names in neighboring countries, often reflecting historical claims to hegemony over the sea. The English name is a result of early European interest in the sea as a route from Europe and South Asia to the trading opportunities of China. In the sixteenth century Portuguese sailors called it the China Sea (Mar da China); later needs to differentiate it from nearby bodies of water led to calling it the South China Sea. The International Hydrographic Organization refers to the sea as "South China Sea (Nan Hai)". It is officially called "East Sea" by the government of Vietnam. And the name Biển Đông ("East Sea" in English) is used in its official map. The part of the South China Sea within Philippine territorial waters is often given the name "Luzon Sea" (Dagat Luzon) in maps published in the country, after the major Philippine island of Luzon. However, the name "South China Sea" (Dagat Timog Tsina) is still the accepted name for the whole sea in the Philippines. In Southeast Asia, it was once called the Champa Sea or Sea of Cham, after the maritime kingdom that flourished before the sixteenth century.

Collected on Feb, 21 2010 by Xsio Ching Lao.


Collection Details:

  1. BulletCollected at Mt Siung Pier, China

  2. Bullet16° 28’ N - 111° 35’ E

  3. BulletSalinity: 223 ppm

  4. BulletPH 7.5

  5. BulletTotal Dissolved Solids: 32.4 ppb

  6. BulletSpecific Gravity: 1021

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