Senkaku Islands
group of islands in East Asia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Senkaku Islands, also called Senkaku Shotō (尖閣諸島, Senkaku-guntō,[1] and Senkaku-rettō),[2] Diaoyu Dao Islands (釣魚島)[3] and Tiaoyutai Islands (釣魚臺羣島),[4] are uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.
The group of islands, islets and rocks is east of mainland China, northeast of Taiwan, west of Okinawa, and north of the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands. The islands are about 200km from Taiwan, and about 300 km from Okinawa.[5]