Dongsha Island
Pratas Island, also known as the Tungsha Islands or the Dongsha Islands, is a coral island situated in the northern part of the South China Sea administered as part of Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the South China Sea
- Also known as: “Dongsha Dao”, “Pratas Island”, “Pratus”, “Pratus Island”, “Tung-sha Tao”, and “Tungsha Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dongsha Island Airport and Dongsha Island Land Special Scenic Area.
Dongsha Island Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Pork86, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dongsha Airport is located on Pratas Island in Cijin District of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Uni Air offers flights from Kaohsiung once per week each Thursday, but the service is only available for Coast Guard Administration staff.
Dongsha Island Land Special Scenic Area
Nature reserve
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Dongsha Atoll National Park is the seventh national park of the Republic of China. The marine park is located at Pratas Island in the north of the South China Sea, and includes the Dongsha Atoll, a circular atoll 25 kilometres in diameter with a tropical monsoon climate, and the surrounding seas.
Dongsha Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Dongsha Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Yue Chinese—“Dongsha Island” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Дунша”
- Cebuano: “Pratas Island”
- Chinese: “东沙岛”
- Chinese: “南澳气”
- Chinese: “東沙島”
- Czech: “Pratas”
- French: “Îles Pratas”
- Japanese: “東沙島”
- Korean: “프라타스섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dongshaøyene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pratasøyene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dongshaøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pratasøyane”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Pratas”
- Slovak: “Prataské útesy”
- Ukrainian: “Донгша”
- Ukrainian: “Пратас”
- Yue Chinese: “東沙島”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include White Sand Spit and Pratas Reef.
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