Zhongzhou Reef (Chinese:中洲礁; pinyin:Zhōngzhōu jiāo; Vietnamese:Bãi Bàn Than) is a small coral reef within the Tizard Bank of the Spratly Islands. It lies 5km (3mi) east of ROC-occupied Taiping Island (Itu Aba), 5km (3mi) west of Vietnamese-occupied Sand Cay, and has an exposed area of approximately 0.2 hectares (0.49 acres) during high tide, and 0.6 hectares (1.5 acres) during low tide. It consists of an accumulation of seashells, sand, coral reefs and debris which forms a circular coral reef plate, surrounding the reef under the water, with a diameter of approximately 1.3km (0.8mi).
As many as 51 species of migratory birds inhabit the reef for short stays. The surrounding waters contain a rich marine ecosystem with plentiful staghorn coral. Shellfish species such as Harpago chiragra and Cassis cornuta can be found on the reef, and the surrounding waters contain various common tropical fish and coral reef fish. The reef geology is not suitable for plant growth.
A reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water. Reefs may be up to 261 feet (80m) below the surface.
Many reefs result from abiotic processes—deposition of sand, waveerosion planing down rock outcrops, and other natural processes—but the best-known reefs are the coral reefs of tropical waters developed through biotic processes dominated by corals and calcareousalgae. Artificial reefs such as shipwrecks are sometimes created to enhance physical complexity on generally featureless sand bottoms in order to attract a diverse assemblage of organisms, especially fish.
Biotic reef
There is a variety of biotic reef types, including oyster reefs, but the most massive and widely distributed are tropical coral reefs. Although corals are major contributors to the framework and bulk material comprising a coral reef, the organisms most responsible for reef growth against the constant assault from ocean waves are calcareous algae, especially, although not entirely, species of coralline algae.
Veins are classically thought of as being the result of growth of crystals on the walls of planarfractures in rocks, with the crystal growth occurring normal to the walls of the cavity, and the crystal protruding into open space. This certainly is the method for the formation of some veins. However, it is rare in geology for significant open space to remain open in large volumes of rock, especially several kilometers below the surface. Thus, there are two main mechanisms considered likely for the formation of veins: open-space filling and crack-seal growth.
Open space filling
Open space filling is the hallmark of epithermal vein systems, such as a stockwork, in greisens or in certain skarn environments. For open space filling to take effect, the confining pressure is generally considered to be below 0.5 GPa, or less than 3-5 kilometers. Veins formed in this way may exhibit a colloform, agate-like habit, of sequential selvages of minerals which radiate out from nucleation points on the vein walls and appear to fill up the available open space. Often evidence of fluid boiling is present. Vugs, cavities and geodes are all examples of open-space filling phenomena in hydrothermal systems.
The reef knot, or square knot, is an ancient and simple binding knot used to secure a rope or line around an object. It is sometimes also referred to as a Hercules knot. The knot is formed by tying a left-handed overhand knot and then a right-handed overhand knot, or vice versa. A common mnemonic for this procedure is "right over left; left over right", which is often appended with the rhyming suffix "... makes a knot both tidy and tight". Two consecutive overhands of the same handedness will make a granny knot. The working ends of the reef knot must emerge both at the top or both at the bottom, otherwise a thief knot results.
Although the reef knot is often seen used for tying two ropes together, it is not recommended for this purpose because of the potential instability of the knot, and over-use has resulted in many deaths (see #Misuse as a bend).
Naming
The reef knot is at least between 4,000 and 9,000 years old. The name "reef knot" dates from at least 1794 and originates from its common use to reef sails, that is to tie part of the sail down to decrease its effective surface area in strong winds. To release the knot a sailor could collapse it with a pull of one hand; the sail's weight would make the collapsed knot come apart. It is specifically this behavior which makes the knot unsafe for connecting two ropes together.
In August of 2003,Yu ZhengXian, What they call the "Minister of the Interior" of DPP authorities of area of Taiwan, landed on Zhongzhou Island,with the purpose of reaffirming the Sovereignty over the South Sea of China, and waved the flag of Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth(in Chinese:青天白日满地红/青天白日滿地紅).
P.S.:Zhongzhou Island is a small atoll of the Spratly Islands, which nobody lives on.
published: 09 Oct 2007
中洲島
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#南沙諸島
#台湾の島
#高雄市の地理
#旗津区
#中華人民共和国の領有権問題
#中華民国の領有権問題
#ベトナムの領有権問題
中洲島(中国語: 中洲島、英語: Zhongzhou Reef、ベトナム語:Bãi Bàn Than / 𣺽盤灘) は、スプラトリー諸島(南沙諸島)の北部に位置する島。
太平島の沖合い2.5kmに位置している。
中洲島は中国語での名称であり、中国語での別称は中洲礁。
中華民国(台湾)が実効支配しているが、中華人民共和国・ベトナムなども領有権を主張している。
なお、これらの国々とスプラトリー諸島の島々の領有を争うフィリピンは、太平島と中洲島は「島ではなく岩」と国連で主張しており、国連に非加盟である台湾はこれに反論することができない状態となっている。
気候は熱帯に属し、南西モンスーンの期間は雨期になる。
珊瑚礁に囲まれた、自然が豊かな場所であることから、2003年に中華民国によって「海洋保護区」に指定された。
2003年8月16日、中華民国(台湾)内政部長の余政憲が率いる一行が上陸し、島の中央に中華民国の国旗を建て領有を宣言。
太平島と中洲島の自然を観測する必要性から、2004年3月に「生態保育観測亭」と称する施設が中洲島に完成。
以来、海岸巡防署のM8快艇(SF-801)が「生態観測」の名目で島の周囲を巡行している。
観測亭は2004年7月に倒壊し、その後に灯台が建てられた。
2012年3月、島の周囲を巡行中であった海岸巡防署の巡視船がベトナムの巡視船と衝突。
同年、国家安全会議秘書長の 胡為真と内政部長の李鴻源が率いる一行が上陸し、改めて領有を宣言。
同年、太平島に最大射程距離6.1キロ...
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In August of 2003,Yu ZhengXian, What they call the "Minister of the Interior" of DPP authorities of area of Taiwan, landed on Zhongzhou Island,with the purpose ...
In August of 2003,Yu ZhengXian, What they call the "Minister of the Interior" of DPP authorities of area of Taiwan, landed on Zhongzhou Island,with the purpose of reaffirming the Sovereignty over the South Sea of China, and waved the flag of Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth(in Chinese:青天白日满地红/青天白日滿地紅).
P.S.:Zhongzhou Island is a small atoll of the Spratly Islands, which nobody lives on.
In August of 2003,Yu ZhengXian, What they call the "Minister of the Interior" of DPP authorities of area of Taiwan, landed on Zhongzhou Island,with the purpose of reaffirming the Sovereignty over the South Sea of China, and waved the flag of Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth(in Chinese:青天白日满地红/青天白日滿地紅).
P.S.:Zhongzhou Island is a small atoll of the Spratly Islands, which nobody lives on.
中洲島, by Wikipedia https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=590168 / CC BY SA 3.0
#南沙諸島
#台湾の島
#高雄市の地理
#旗津区
#中華人民共和国の領有権問題
#中華民国の領有権問題
#ベトナムの領有権問題
中洲島(中国語: 中洲島、英語: Zh...
中洲島, by Wikipedia https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=590168 / CC BY SA 3.0
#南沙諸島
#台湾の島
#高雄市の地理
#旗津区
#中華人民共和国の領有権問題
#中華民国の領有権問題
#ベトナムの領有権問題
中洲島(中国語: 中洲島、英語: Zhongzhou Reef、ベトナム語:Bãi Bàn Than / 𣺽盤灘) は、スプラトリー諸島(南沙諸島)の北部に位置する島。
太平島の沖合い2.5kmに位置している。
中洲島は中国語での名称であり、中国語での別称は中洲礁。
中華民国(台湾)が実効支配しているが、中華人民共和国・ベトナムなども領有権を主張している。
なお、これらの国々とスプラトリー諸島の島々の領有を争うフィリピンは、太平島と中洲島は「島ではなく岩」と国連で主張しており、国連に非加盟である台湾はこれに反論することができない状態となっている。
気候は熱帯に属し、南西モンスーンの期間は雨期になる。
珊瑚礁に囲まれた、自然が豊かな場所であることから、2003年に中華民国によって「海洋保護区」に指定された。
2003年8月16日、中華民国(台湾)内政部長の余政憲が率いる一行が上陸し、島の中央に中華民国の国旗を建て領有を宣言。
太平島と中洲島の自然を観測する必要性から、2004年3月に「生態保育観測亭」と称する施設が中洲島に完成。
以来、海岸巡防署のM8快艇(SF-801)が「生態観測」の名目で島の周囲を巡行している。
観測亭は2004年7月に倒壊し、その後に灯台が建てられた。
2012年3月、島の周囲を巡行中であった海岸巡防署の巡視船がベトナムの巡視船と衝突。
同年、国家安全会議秘書長の 胡為真と内政部長の李鴻源が率いる一行が上陸し、改めて領有を宣言。
同年、太平島に最大射程距離6.1キロの12センチ迫撃砲が建造され、中洲島がその射程に入った。
なお、胡為真らは2016年には馬英九総統とともに太平島を視察している。
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In August of 2003,Yu ZhengXian, What they call the "Minister of the Interior" of DPP authorities of area of Taiwan, landed on Zhongzhou Island,with the purpose of reaffirming the Sovereignty over the South Sea of China, and waved the flag of Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth(in Chinese:青天白日满地红/青天白日滿地紅).
P.S.:Zhongzhou Island is a small atoll of the Spratly Islands, which nobody lives on.
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Zhongzhou Reef (Chinese:中洲礁; pinyin:Zhōngzhōu jiāo; Vietnamese:Bãi Bàn Than) is a small coral reef within the Tizard Bank of the Spratly Islands. It lies 5km (3mi) east of ROC-occupied Taiping Island (Itu Aba), 5km (3mi) west of Vietnamese-occupied Sand Cay, and has an exposed area of approximately 0.2 hectares (0.49 acres) during high tide, and 0.6 hectares (1.5 acres) during low tide. It consists of an accumulation of seashells, sand, coral reefs and debris which forms a circular coral reef plate, surrounding the reef under the water, with a diameter of approximately 1.3km (0.8mi).
As many as 51 species of migratory birds inhabit the reef for short stays. The surrounding waters contain a rich marine ecosystem with plentiful staghorn coral. Shellfish species such as Harpago chiragra and Cassis cornuta can be found on the reef, and the surrounding waters contain various common tropical fish and coral reef fish. The reef geology is not suitable for plant growth.