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Amboyna Cay, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo An Bang; Malay: Pulau Amboyna Kecil; Datu Kalantiaw Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Datu Kalantiaw, lit. 'Island of Datu Kalantiaw'); Mandarin Chinese: 安波沙洲; pinyin: Ānbō Shāzhōu, [1] and other names, is an island of the Spratly Islands group in the South China Sea located just outside (SW) of the southwest of Dangerous Ground. [2]
A Vietnamese map from 1834 also combines the Spratly and Paracel Islands into one region known as "Vạn Lý Trường Sa", a feature commonly incorporated into maps of the era (萬里長沙) ‒ that is, the same as the aforementioned Chinese island name Wanli Changsha. [56]
Vietnam: 21: Southwest Cay 22: Sand Cay 23: Namyit Island 24: Sin Cowe Island 25: Spratly Island 26: Amboyna Cay 27: Grierson Reef 28: Central London Reef 29: Pearson Reef 30: Barque Canada Reef 31: West London Reef 32: Ladd Reef 33: Discovery Great Reef 34: Pigeon Reef 35: East London Reef 36: Alison Reef 37: Cornwallis South Reef 38: Petley ...
This is the case of Philippine-occupied Flat Island and Lankiam Cay where soldiers stationed at Nanshan Island and Loaita Island respectively, regularly visit on a daily basis. [ citation needed ] The effective visible distance of horizon from a 15-meter (typical large structure) height above sea-level is 9 miles (14 km).
Amami Islands part of the Satsunan Islands part of the Ryukyu Islands Japan Amanu Tuamotus, French Polynesia France Ambae: Pacific Ocean Vanuatu: Ambergris Cay: Bahamas Bahamas: Amboyna Cay: Spratly Islands: Disputed between: China, Republic of China, Vietnam, Brunei, Philippines, and Malaysia. Ambrym: New Hebrides Vanuatu: Ambu: Arabian Sea India
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).
According to a Chinese 1986 source, the Spratly Islands consist of 14 islands or islets, 6 banks, 113 submerged reefs, 35 underwater banks, 21 underwater shoals. [2] For some reason, neither of these mention the 11th largest naturally occurring island located on the Swallow Reef atoll, occupied by Malaysia.
For back-filling these seven artificial islands, a total area of 13.5 square kilometres (5.2 sq mi), to the height of few meters, China had to destroy surrounding reefs and pump 40 to 50 million m 3 (1.4 to 1.8 billion cu ft) of sand and corals, resulting in significant and irreversible damage to the environment. Frank Muller-Karger, professor ...