| 释义 |
Pratas Island Pratas Island (prä`täs), also called Dongsha Island (do͝ong`shä`), in the South China Sea, controlled by Taiwan and administered as part of Kaohsiung. A national park, the island is part of an atoll and has guano deposits. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1907–9 and again in 1939–45; it is also claimed by China. |