Yonglongsha
Yonglongsha, sometimes translated as the Yonglong Shoal or Yonglong Sands, was a former island in the north channel of the Yangtze River to the north of Chongming in eastern China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: former island in China
- Also known as: “Yonglong Sha”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qilong and Haiyong.
Qilong
Town
Qilong is a township of Qidong in eastern Jiangsu province. The land it occupies was formerly Yonglongsha, a separate island in the Yangtze River delta, but reclamation projects and natural deposition of sediment have joined it to Chongming Island, where it now forms a pene-enclave within Shanghai's Chongming County.
Haiyong
Town
Haiyong is a town of Haimen District in Nantong, Jiangsu, China. Together with neighboring Qilong, it forms a pene-enclave of the province on Chongming Island, most of which belongs to the province-level municipality of Shanghai.
Yonglongsha
- Category: landform
- Location: Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yonglongsha” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yonglong Sha”
- Chinese: “永隆沙”
- Swedish: “Yonglong Sha”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Changjiang and Sanfenchang.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Xinglong Sha and Denggan Gang.
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