Natuna Islands
Red Book
Red Book

GS Advance Program for UPSC Mains 2025, Cohort - 1 Starts from 24th October 2024 Click Here for more information

News:China has been illegally fishing in the Natuna Islands area which is internationally recognized as Indonesia’s exclusive zone.

Facts:

  • The Natuna Islands is located in Indonesia’s Riau Islands province, the west side of the South China Sea.
  • The Island overlaps with China’s nine-dash line claim under which China argues that the waters around the Natuna islands are Chinese traditional fishing grounds.

Additional Facts:

South China Sea:

  • The South China Sea is an arm of western Pacific Ocean in Southeast Asia.
  • Border Countries: People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Vietnam.
  • Importance: It holds tremendous strategic importance for its location as it is the connecting link between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean(Strait of Malacca).
  • Dispute: China claims the South China Sea based on the nine-dash line which stretches hundreds of miles south and east from its most southerly province of Hainan covering the strategic Paracel and Spratly island chains.
Print Friendly and PDF
Blog
Academy
Community