2021年4月26日，自然资源部在官方网站发布了其组织编写的《钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿地形地貌调查报告》。
该调查报告基于长期的历史调查数据，并采用最新高分辨率卫星遥感等调查方式，获取了钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿的海岛和30米以浅区域最新地形数据，编制了最新大比例尺海岛地形地貌专题图。
该调查报告进一步完善了钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿的基础地理数据体系，对开展钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿的资源管理与生态环境保护具有重要意义。
China's Ministry of Natural Resources on Monday published a landform survey report on the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands.
Based on historical data, the survey obtained new terrain data of the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, as well as the terrain data of waters 30 meters or less in depth, using technology such as satellite remote sensing.
The report also made large-scale topographical thematic maps of the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, improving basic geographic data of the area.
The survey is of great significance to the resource management and ecological environment protection of the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands, according to the report.
据悉，钓鱼岛属于侵蚀剥蚀低山丘陵，地形陡峭，中央山脉山脊线呈东西走向，连接主峰高华峰(海拔362米)和神农峰 (海拔320米)，位于岛屿中南部，形成了北坡稍缓、南坡陡峭的地形格局。
值得一提的是，关于钓鱼岛问题，中国外交部曾多次表态，钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿是中国的固有领土。中国海警在钓鱼岛海域开展巡航执法活动，是中方依法维护主权的正当举措。
China has reiterated that the Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands are an inherent part of China's territory and China's patrols and law-enforcement activities in waters off the Diaoyu Islands are an exercise of its inherent rights.
