{"id":11298,"date":"2025-11-17T11:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11298"},"modified":"2025-11-17T13:45:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T08:15:40","slug":"senkakau-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/senkakau-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Senkakau Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Senkaku Islands Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the disputed waters of the Senkaku Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Senkaku Islands<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are an <\/span><b>uninhabited group of islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> situated in the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/east-china-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">East China Sea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The islands comprise <\/span><b>Uotsuri Island, Kuba Island,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Taisho Island Kitakojima Island, Minamikojima Island, Tobise Island, Okinokitaiwa Island, and Okinominamiiwa Island.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total land area of all the islands is roughly 6.3 square kilometers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Features of Senkaku Islands<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This island consists of <\/span><b>conglomerate sandstone (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alternate layers of sandstone and conglomerate in some parts), tuff, andesite, andesitic lava, coral outcroppings elevated above sea level during the Holocene era, and other rocky material.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>surrounding area is highly volcanic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and features faults associated with this volcanic activity, and this affects land formation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dispute: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Senkaku Islands (called the <\/span><b>Diaoyu Islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by China) have long been <\/span><b>disputed between China and Japan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Administration of Senkaku Islands: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, Japan administers and controls the Senkaku Islands as part of the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/china-coast-guard-ships-sail-through-japan-administered-senkaku-islands\/article70288209.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senkaku Islands are an uninhabited group of islands situated in the East China Sea. 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