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Sabina Shoal is a disputed low-tide elevation [1] [2] in the Spratly Islands which is claimed by multiple states: China, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam. As a low-tide elevation that is not within the territorial sea of a littoral state, Sabina Shoal itself does not generate any territorial sea of its own per Article 13 of the United ...
South Reef, South Pass, Sabine Patches, Farquharson Patches, East Pass, Day Shoal, Iroquois Ridge; Trident Shoal, Lys Shoal; 1.23 Thitu Reefs and surrounding Thitu Island, Subi Reef; 1.24 Loaita Bank. Loaita Island, Lankiam Cay; 1.25 & 1.26 Tizard Bank. Namyit Island, Gaven Reefs, Sand Cay, Itu Aba Island, Petley Reef, Eldad Reef; 1.26 West of ...
Sabina Shoal, which lies about 140 kilometers (85 miles) west of the Philippines' western island province of Palawan, has become a new flashpoint in the territorial disputes between China and the ...
China refers to Sabina Shoal as Xianbin Reef, while the Philippines calls it Escoda Shoal. It is an atoll located 150 km (93 miles) from the western Philippine island of Palawan.
Location Occupied by Name Code Built Length Notes Taiping Island Republic of China: Taiping Island Airport: RCSP: 2007: 1,200 m (est.) Military use only. No refueling facilities. [1] Swallow Reef (Layang-Layang) Malaysia: Layang-Layang Airport: LAC: 1995: 1,367 m Dual-use concrete airport. Fiery Cross Reef People's Republic of China: Yongshu ...
The Sabina Shoal, known locally as Escoda, is the rendezvous point for vessels resupplying Filipino troops stationed on a grounded warship at the Second Thomas Shoal, where Manila and China have ...
BEIJING (Reuters) -China released on Friday its first survey report of the South China Sea's disputed Sabina Shoal, saying there was no scientific or factual basis for reef damage claims made by ...
Mischief Reef, also known as Vành Khăn Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Vành Khăn), Meiji Reef (Chinese: 美濟礁/美济礁; pinyin: Měijì Jiāo) or Panganiban Reef [1] (Filipino: Bahura ng Panganiban), is a low tide elevation (LTE) reef/atoll surrounding a large lagoon in the southeastern region of Dangerous Ground in the east of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.