Senkaku Islands

Senkaku Islands, also called Senkaku Shotō (尖閣諸島, Senkaku-guntō,^[1] and Senkaku-rettō),^[2] Diaoyu Dao Islands (釣魚島)^[3] and Tiaoyutai Islands (釣魚臺羣島),^[4] 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.^[5]

1. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Senkaku-guntō, Japan. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
2. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Senkaku-rettō, Japan. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
3. ↑ Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS). (2000). International Organizations and the Law of the Sea, p. 107. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
4. ↑ Government Information Office, Republic of China (ROC): "Ma Ying-jeou: Beijing’s Senkaku Claim isn’t Taipei’s Claim,"^{[permanent dead link]} China news Agency (ROC). July 22, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
5. ↑ Shaw, Han-yi. (1999). The Diaoyutai/Senkaku Islands Dispute: Its History and an Analysis of the Ownership Claims of the PRC, ROC, and Japan. Archived 2023-07-04 at the Wayback Machine