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Where are the Nasner Islands?
The South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Borneo Island is disputed by Indonesia and China. It consists of 272 islands with an area of 2 1 10 square kilometers and a population of about 90,000. The altitude is not high, and the highest point is in Natuna Island, with an altitude of about 959 meters.

Geographical coordinates: 4 00' N and 108 15' E.

Attachment: Coordinate map of Nasner Islands.

Historical background:

Zhang, from chaozhou people, Guangdong Province, established a kingdom on Inbona Island (Natuna Island) before the Dutch invasion.

Natuna is also known as Inbona. Natuna is more commonly used now because Inbona has the same name as the other two islands. One is Ambon Island in Maluku Islands, Indonesia, which is translated by westerners as Ambon Island. One is the Anbo Reef in the South China Sea of China, which was called the Pot Cover Island by ancient fishermen in China, and was named the Anbo Reef by the China government in 1935. The Anbo sandbar after 1947 is now under Indonesian jurisdiction.

Animal resources

There are 7 1 species of birds here, including endangered baby osprey, Natuna snake eagle and rare Yin Ge. Other species are also endangered, such as green-billed snipe, brown-billed snipe or green-billed snipe. Colorful corals are widely distributed in the surrounding waters. Turtles lay their eggs on the warm beaches of Tamerlan. Natuna striped langur is one of the 20 most endangered species in the world.

energy resources

There are a lot of oil and gas resources here (natural gas is estimated to be1300 million cubic meters), which are exported to neighboring countries such as Singapore. Matak Island is the most important offshore natural gas production base. D-Alpha gas field is located 225km northeast of Dongnatuna Basin, and a part of this basin extends to China discontinuous line. In the waters near Natuna Islands, the exclusive economic zone unilaterally declared by Indonesia is 50,000 square kilometers deep into the traditional coastline of China. Natuna Islands: A group of islands in northern Indonesia, belonging to Riau Province. It is the northernmost territory and there is no territorial dispute. The area is 2 1 10 square kilometers. The population is about 65438+ 10,000. The altitude is not high, the temperature is high all year round, the rainfall is heavy, and the tropical forest is rich. Produce wood and coconuts. The main towns are Trukbutong and Piampadang on the main island. There is natural gas exploitation on the seabed nearby. Exxon originally signed a contract with the Indonesian government to jointly develop oil and gas resources 250 kilometers northeast of Indonesia due to the exploitation of natural gas on the nearby seabed.