Terrain: flat lowest point: South China Sea 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Southwest Cay 4 m
Natural resources: fish, guano, undetermined oil and natural gas
potential
Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100%
Irrigated land: 0 sq km
Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: typhoons; serious maritime hazard because of
numerous reefs and shoals
international agreements: NA
Geographic note: strategically located near several primary shipping lanes in the central South China Sea; includes numerous small islands, atolls, shoals, and coral reefs
People ———
Population: no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are scattered
garrisons
Government —————
Name of country: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Spratly Islands