Nine-dash line
Also known as: nine-dotted line
- 1The line consists of a series of segments used to mark territorial claims.
- 2It is utilized by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China.
- 3Taiwan refers to the demarcation as the eleven-dash line.
- 4The lines are depicted on maps to encompass large portions of the South China Sea.
- 5These claims frequently overlap with the maritime boundaries of neighboring Southeast Asian nations.
The nine-dash line is a series of line segments used on maps to delineate the territorial claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China within the South China Sea. Taiwan also refers to this demarcation as the eleven-dash line.
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defines the territorial claims within the sea
This demarcation line is used by the People's Republic of China to assert extensive maritime claims over the South China Sea, serving as a primary source of regional geopolitical tension.
The nine-dash line represents a controversial cartographic demarcation used to define the maritime claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. These segments appear on various maps to indicate areas of the South China Sea that these governments assert as their sovereign territory.
"Location Map of South Sea Islands" ( Chinese: 南海諸島位置圖; Wade–Giles: Nan hai chu tao wei chih tʻu ) circa 1947Wikimedia Commons: File:1947_Nanhai_Zhudao.pngThe nine-dash line map on the second page of PRC's 2009 submission to the UN [ 36 ]Wikimedia Commons: File:China's_2009_nine-dash_line_map_submission_to_the_UN.pdfThe nine-dash line map uses an incorrect scale.Wikimedia Commons: File:Nine-Dash-Line-2009-wrong-scale.jpgSouth China Sea claims and agreements (showing the nine-dash line as well as an additional tenth dash near the island of Taiwan).Wikimedia CommonsDash 4 location in Chinese 2009 (solid red) and 1984 maps. Dash 4 is 24 nautical miles from the coast of Malaysia on the island of Borneo and 133 nautical miles from Louisa Reef. [ 14 ] James Shoal (Zeng-mu Ansha), the "Southernmost point of China", lay 21 metres (69 ft) under the sea, according to the 1984 map.Wikimedia Commons While the standard designation is the nine-dash line, it is sometimes referred to as the eleven-dash line by authorities in Taiwan. The lines serve as a visual representation of historical and territorial assertions that overlap with the exclusive economic zones of several other nations in the region.