Senkaku Islands:
A China Coast Guard ship formation passed through the disputed waters of the Senkaku Islands.
- These are an uninhabited group of islands situated in the East China Sea.
- The islands comprise Uotsuri Island, Kuba Island, Taisho Island Kitakojima Island, Minamikojima Island, Tobise Island, Okinokitaiwa Island, and Okinominamiiwa Island.
- The total land area of all the islands is roughly 6.3 square kilometers.
- This island consist of conglomerate sandstone (alternate layers of sandstone and conglomerate in some parts), tuff, andesite, andesitic lava.
- Also it consists of coral outcroppings elevated above sea level during the Holocene era, and other rocky material.
- The surrounding area is highly volcanic and features faults associated with this volcanic activity, and this affects land formation.
- The Senkaku Islands (called the Diaoyu Islands by China) have long been disputed between China and Japan.
- Currently, Japan administers and controls the Senkaku Islands as part of the city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.
