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Sabina Shoal, also known as Bãi Sa Bin (Vietnamese: Bãi Sa Bin); Escoda Shoal (Filipino: Buhanginan ng Escoda); Xianbin Jiao (Chinese: 仙賓礁/仙宾礁; pinyin: Xiānbīn Jiāo), is a disputed low-tide elevation [1] [2] atoll [3] located in the northeast of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea.
Map showing the areas covered by NGA charts Dangerous Ground is a large area in the southeast part of the South China Sea characterized by many low islands and cays, sunken reefs , and atolls awash, with reefs often rising abruptly from ocean depths greater than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).
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 ...
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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 ...
The Sabina Shoal, which China refers to as Xianbin Reef, and Manila as Escoda Shoal, lies 150 km (93 miles) west of the Philippine province of Palawan, well within its exclusive economic zone.
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 ...
Map showing the seven sites of PRC land reclamation The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative's "Island tracker" has listed the following locations as the sites of the PRC island reclamation activities: [ 13 ]