Abagaitu Islet

49°33′31″N 117°53′54″E

Abagaitu Islet is depicted in the inset map on the lower left.

Abagaitu Islet (simplified Chinese: 阿巴该图洲渚; traditional Chinese: 阿巴該圖洲渚; pinyin: Ābāgāitú Zhōuzhǔ; Russian: Большой остров, Bolshoy Ostrov) is an islet in the Argun River (Asia) divided^[1] between the People's Republic of China (Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region) and Russia (Chita Oblast). Its area is 58 square kilometres (22 square miles).^[2]

The island was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1929, a move not accepted by China, resulting in a border dispute that lasted more than seventy years.

On October 14, 2004, the Complementary Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the Eastern Section of the China–Russia Boundary was signed, in which Russia agreed to relinquish control over a part of Abagaitu Islet. In 2005, the Russian Duma and the Chinese National People's Congress approved the agreement.

See also

• Bolshoy Ussuriysky Island

References

• Russian map

1. "Complementary Agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation on the Eastern Section of the China–Russia Boundary" (in Russian). 14 October 2004. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011.
2. "Пояснительная записка к проекту закона Российской Федерации «О внесении дополнений в статью 67 Конституции Российской Федерации»" [Explanatory note to the draft law of the Russian Federation "On amendments to Article 67 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation"] (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2011.