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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 ...
A similar blockade is playing out at Sabina Shoal, which is about 40 miles closer to the Philippine coast than the Second Thomas Shoal. Both lie within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the ...
The Chinese name for Sabina Shoal is Xianbin Reef. In a separate statement, he said a Philippine ship that was turned away from Sabina Shoal entered waters near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal ...
Sabina Shoal, Boxall Reef , Second Thomas Shoal, Mischief Reef, First Thomas Shoal, Alicia Annie Reef , Commodore Reef, North Viper Shoal , North East Shoal , Director Reef , Glasgow Bank , Investigator Northeast Shoal: SW: SW Dangerous Ground
1.22 North Danger Reef – southern and eastern sections; Trident & Lys Shoals 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
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.
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 ...
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 ...