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Which body of water surrounds Hainan Island?
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Hainan
Beach on Wuzhizhou Island, far southern Hainan province, China.
Hainan Island is primarily surrounded by the South China Sea. To the north, the island is separated from the Leizhou Peninsula by the Hainan Strait, while its west coast faces the Gulf of Tonkin.1