南海的价值领土价值。南海海域众多的岛、礁、沙滩,面积小,分布范围广,且多为珊瑚礁,这些礁本身开发的价值并不大。但根据《联合国海洋法公约》测算,一个远离大陆的珊瑚礁或小岛,至少可以成为拥有1543平方公里的领海和43万平方公里的专属经济区海域的合法依据。因而海域的任一岛或礁超越了它本身的价值所在。据测算,整个南海 South China Sea value of the value of the territory. Many islands, reefs and beaches in the South China Sea are small in size and widely distributed, and are mostly coral reefs. The development of these reefs themselves is not of great value. However, according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a coral reef or island remote from the mainland can at least be the legal basis for a 1,543-square-kilometer territorial sea and 430,000-square-kilometer exclusive economic zone. Thus any island or reef in the sea goes beyond its own value. It is estimated that the entire South China Sea