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Subi Reef, also known as Xu Bi Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Xu Bi), Zamora Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Zamora, lit. 'Reef of Zamora '), or Zhubi Reef ( Chinese : 渚碧礁 ; pinyin : Zhǔbì Jiāo ), is an atoll in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea located 26 km (16 mi) southwest of Thitu Island .
Although the Philippines and the PRC had both ratified the UNCLOS III, [19] in the case of Johnson South Reef, Hughes Reef and Mischief Reef, the PRC dredged sand for free in the EEZ the Philippines had claimed from 1978, [45] arguing this to be the "waters of China's Nansha Islands". "Although the consequences of substrate mining are hidden ...
Subi Reef being built up into an artificial island, 2015 In 2014 Janes reported that during 2013–2014 China had begun dredging and land reclamation at three sites in the Spratlys. In contrast to the construction projections of other countries, Beijing's efforts involved reefs that for the most part were under water at high tide.
"China has already created very enormous South China Sea military bases on the three islands surrounding Taiping - Subi Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef - and these are all quite close to ...
Purple ： λ – Zhubi Reef (Subi Reef) In 1935, China, as the Republic of China (ROC), regarded the atoll as part of the Zhongsha Islands . That position has since been maintained by both the ROC, which now governs Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China (PRC). [ 96 ]
Map of Union Banks Vietnamese structure on Collins Reef (Đá Cô Lin). Union Banks (Pagkakaisa Banks and Reefs) is a large drowned atoll in the center of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands in South China Sea, 230 kilometres (120 nautical miles) [1] west of the Philippine coast, containing islands and reefs whose ownership remains disputed and controversial. [2]
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 ...
Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Pag-asa, lit. 'Island of Hope'); Đảo Thị Tứ (Vietnamese: Đảo Thị Tứ); Zhongye Dao (Chinese: 中业岛/中業島; pinyin: Zhōngyè Dǎo), having an area of 37.2 hectares (92 acres), it is the second largest of the naturally occurring [4] island in Spratly Islands.