Jintang Island (金塘岛) is an island in the Zhoushan prefecture-level city in China's northeastern Zhejiang province. It has a population of about 41700.
It is one of the closest islands to the continental shore of Zhejiang, being only 3.6 km from the southern Ningbo Beilun port and 6.25 km from the eastern Zhoushan Island. Jintang is Zhoushan's fourth largest island with an area of 76.4 km2 (29.5 sq mi).
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