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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]
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 ...
Thuyen Chai Island is a newly built artificial island by Vietnam located on Barque Canada Reef. This is also the largest island (both natural and artificial) occupied and controlled by Vietnam. 11 Amboyna Cay: Đảo An Bang Amboyna Cay 1.6 Initially, this island was called Cồn cát An Bang by Vietnam.
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]
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).
By the early 1930s, France had claimed the Spratly Islands. On 21 December 1933, Cochinchina's governor Jean-Félix Krautheimer signed Decree No. 4702-CP annexing Spratly Island, Amboyna Cay, Itu Aba Island, Northeast Cay, Southwest Cay, Thitu Island, Loaita Island and subsidiary islands into Bà Rịa province.
Island's Name Island group(s) Country/Countries 83-42 Greenland, Denmark: A Nova: Beira Baixa islands Portugal: Abbasak: Persian Gulf Iran: Aberdeen: Georgian Bay, Ontario Canada Abner Cay: Bahamas Bahamas: Abruka: Gulf of Riga Estonia: Absecon New Jersey United States Abu Musa: Persian Gulf: Claimed by Iran and United Arab Emirates: Acheron
The shoals are either part of the Spratly Islands, [2] or southeast of what some sources consider to be the southernmost members of the Spratly Islands, such as Louisa Reef. [3] Extending over an area of several thousand square kilometres, both the north and south groups of the shoals are permanently submerged at depths of 5 to 40 metres (16 to ...