Jade carving reef

Yuzhuo reef is located in the southeast of the two shaxuande islands. It stands on the three sides of Huaguang reef and panshiyu island. The reef is vast and there are no islands and sandbars. The shallow lake water in the atoll is less than 40 meters deep, and the deep sea is outside the atoll. The water depth difference between the top and bottom of the reef is more than 1000 meters. This place is rich in mackerel, also known as "money basket".

Jade carving reef

Yucho reef is located in the Yongle archipelago of Paracel Islands, China. It is an atoll at the 9 nautical miles northeast of Huaguang reef. There are several reefs on the reef.

Yuzhuo reef has a vast reef, no islands and sandbars, obvious surf zone on the reef edge, various massive coral blocks on the reef, and two or three reef blocks are exposed to the water.

Yuzhuo reef is an inherent territory of China, administratively under the jurisdiction of Sansha City, Hainan Province.

summary

Yuzhuo reef is located in the range of 16 ° 19 ′～ 16 ° 22 ′ N and 111 ° 57 ′～ 112 ° 06 ′ e, 9 nautical miles northeast of Huaguang reef and 10 nautical miles southeast of Yongle archipelago. It is a submerged closed atoll with a long oval shape.

There are several reef blocks on the reef, which are called Yuzhuo island.

The lake is located in the west of the atoll, with a depth of 7-14m. A few reef blocks are exposed at high tide.

name

In 1935, the government of the Republic of China announced the name of fuledor reef;

In 1947, the government of the Republic of China announced its name as yuzhuojiao;

In 1983, the government of the people's Republic of China announced its name as yuzhuojiao.

China's fishermen believe that they are the second atolls in the Paracel Islands without islands and sandbars, so they call two baskets and two ponds.

Some foreign books are called vuladdore reef.

landforms

Yuzhuo reef is located in the southeast of Yongle archipelago, in the range of 16 ° 32 ′ - 16 ° 36 ′ N and 111 ° 96 ′ - 112 ° 09 ′ E. It is 14 km long from east to west and 3 km wide from north to south, covering an area of 46.092 square kilometers according to the reef front zone and 42.382 square kilometers according to the reef core zone.

This atoll has a vast reef plate, and sandbars are developed in the west of the reef (the central coordinates of sandbars are 16 ° 19 ′ 22.93 ″ N and 111 ° 57 ′ 48.03 ″ E), with an area of about 500 square meters. Due to the influence of tides and typhoons, sandbanks often deform. There are two main lagoons on the reef. The area of the East lagoon is about 0.215 square kilometers; the area of the West lagoon is about 7.697 square kilometers. There are many reefs in the lagoon. The west part of the lagoon is not obvious lagoon front slope subfacies. There are also various coral blocks on the lagoon reef, and 2-3 reef blocks can be exposed. The shallow lake in the atoll is less than 40 meters deep. The gate is on the north side, and it can sail ships of less than 30 tons. The outer side of the atoll is the deep sea, and the water depth difference between the top and bottom of the reef is more than 1000 meters.

resources

Yuzhuo reef is an inherent territory of China. The reef is beautiful, full of vigor and vitality. Huge waves rush in from afar. Here, they meet, collide, stir and make noise. The surging waves make people dizzy and full of thousands of white and shabby spray.

Seafood

Yuzhuo reef at both ends, the sun is shining, waves hit the reef, spray splash, a lot of mackerel. When fishermen go to Xisha to catch mackerel here, they can catch hundreds of mackerel at a time. Sometimes when they are tired, mackerel is still on the hook.

In addition, many turtles, turtles, tortoiseshell and turtle eggs are produced every year.

Yuzhuo reef and Huaguang reef are similar to baskets, which are called big baskets and two baskets in turn. They are also called "money baskets" because of their abundant marine products.

Cultural Relic

Among the shipwreck sites in Xisha, Yongle Atoll, Yuzhuo reef, Beijiao reef and Huaguang Reef have a large number of shipwrecks and rich cultural relics.

The cultural relics administration department of Hainan Province has entrusted the relevant departments of Sansha city to list yuzhuojiao and other areas as provincial protected areas, and will apply for the national large site protection area.

Address: Yongle archipelago, Paracel Islands, China

Longitude: 112.025187

Latitude: 16.332328

Tour time: 2-3 hours

Chinese PinYin : Yu Zhuo Jiao