Qiongzhou Strait

The Qiongzhou Strait (), also called the Hainan Strait, is a body of water that separates the Leizhou Peninsula in Guangdong, southern China, to the north from Hainan Island to its south. The strait connects the Gulf of Tonkin in the west to the James Shoal on the eastern edge of the South China Sea.

The strait is on average wide

A 140 billion RMB ($21 billion USD) bridge across the strait is planned to begin construction in 2012.

See also

• Qiongshan District, formerly called Qiongzhou

References

Further reading

• Shi et al.,

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