Chongming Island
Chongming is a region of Shanghai Municipality consisting of three islands; from largest to smallest: Chongming Island, Changxing Island and Hengsha Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Ch’ung-ming Island”, “Ch’ung-ming Tao”, “Chong Ming Island”, “Chongming Dao”, “Chung Ming”, “Chungming”, “Tsung-ming Island”, “Tsungming Island”, and “Tsungming Tao”
- Historically known as: “Shaweishan Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xinhe.
Xinhe
Town
Photo: Fayhoo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Xinhe is a town, which is situated 5 km southwest of Chongming Island.
Chongming Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Shanghai, East China, China, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.6183° or 31° 37′ 6″ northLongitude
121.5533° or 121° 33′ 12″ eastPopulation
615,000Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
8Q33JH93+88GeoNames ID
1814914
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