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With a coastline of 3,260 km (2,030 mi), excluding islands, Vietnam claims 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) as the limit of its territorial waters, an additional 12 nautical miles (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) as a contiguous customs and security zone.
The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...
The bay has an area of 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi), a coastline of 46 kilometres (29 mi) [3] and adequate depths of 8–10 metres (26–33 ft). [4] It offers good shelter at all seasons for vessels of any size. [5] The bottom of the bay is mostly sandy, while some areas have corals and rocks.
Vietnam has the 33rd longest coastline of 3,260 km (2,030 mi). [3] It includes much of the western area of the South China Sea and parts of the southern area bordering Malaysia and Brunei's EEZs. The total land area, including inland bodies of water, of Vietnam is 331,212 km 2 (127,882 sq mi). [n 1] Vietnam has dozens of islands.
The Chinese vessel continued to survey Vietnam's EEZ on Saturday under escort from at least four ships and was around 102 kilometers (63 miles) southeast of Vietnam's Phu Quy island and 185 ...
Friday's flight by the WZ-10 aircraft originated on Hainan island and returned there after following a path roughly 100 km (62 miles) from Vietnam's coastline to the southern city of Nha Trang ...
Yankee Station (officially Point Yankee) was a fixed coordinate off the coast of Vietnam where U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and support ships operated in open waters over a nine-year period during the Vietnam War. The location was used primarily by aircraft carriers of Task Force 77 to launch strikes over North Vietnam. While the coordinate's ...
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