!!!Paracel Islands: Geography ||Location|Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines ||Geographic Coordinates|16 30 N, 112 00 E[{GoogleMap location='16.5,112.0' zoom='4'}] ||Land boundaries|0 km ||Coastline|518 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''South China Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''unnamed location on Rocky Island 14 m ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|mostly low and flat ||Natural Hazards|typhoons ||Natural Resource|none ||Land Use|''arable land: ''0%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''100% (2011) ||Climate|tropical ||Irrigated Land|0 sq km (2011) ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA ||Environment - international agreements|NA ||Large Cities| ||Geography-note|composed of 130 small coral islands and reefs divided into the northeast Amphitrite Group and the western Crescent Group