Hengsha Island
Hengsha is a low-lying alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River in eastern China. Together with the islands of Chongming and Changxing, it forms Chongming District, the northernmost area of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai.- Type: Island
- Description: island in People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Fang-chou”, “Heng Sha”, “Hengsha”, “Hengsha Dao”, and “House Island”
Hengsha Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Hengsha Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Henşadao”
- Cebuano: “Hengsha Dao”
- Chinese: “Hoâiⁿ-soa-tó”
- Chinese: “横沙岛”
- Chinese: “橫沙島”
- Czech: “Cheng-ša”
- Japanese: “横沙島”
- Lithuanian: “Hengša”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hoâiⁿ-soa-tó”
- Russian: “Хэншадао”
- Swedish: “Hengsha Dao”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Hoành Sa”
- Vietnamese: “Hoành Sa”
- Wu Chinese: “橫沙島”
- Yue Chinese: “橫沙島”
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