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Vietnam stretches along the coast of the South China Sea, with the northernmost point being more than 1,650 km from the southernmost. [1] Most extreme points are not in dispute with any other countries; only one extreme point, Tennent Reef, is disputed by China, Taiwan, and the Philippines as a part of the Spratly Islands dispute (though ...
The Spratly Islands A geographic map of Spratly Islands [a] In 1939, the Spratly Islands were coral islets mostly inhabited by seabirds. [ 2 ] Despite the Spratly Islands naturally consisting of 19 islands (see below) , according to a Chinese 1986 source, the Spratly Islands consist of 14 islands or islets, 6 banks, 113 submerged reefs, 35 ...
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With an area of 7 hectares (17 acres), it is the ninth largest, and the fourth largest Vietnamese-administered, of the Spratly Islands. The island has been occupied by Vietnam since 1974, (first by South Vietnam, then by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after 1975). It is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC).
The Spratly Islands are a group of over 100 small islands, reefs and atolls located in the South China Sea. They are the subject of a territorial dispute between Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam. At the time of the incident, both China and Vietnam claimed ownership of the entire island group.
English: Map of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea by Department of State (2015), showing occupation by Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines Date 2015
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has been ramping up its dredging and landfill work in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, creating another 330 acres of land since December last year, a U.S ...
Landsat 7 image of North Danger Reef (2000) (clouds) Nautical chart of North Danger Reef (1911). Northeast Cay, also known as Parola Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Parola, lit. 'Island of [the] Lighthouse'; Mandarin Chinese: 北子島/北子岛; pinyin: Běizǐ Dǎo; Vietnamese: Đảo Song Tử Đông), with a land area of 12.7 hectares (31 acres), is the fifth largest of the naturally occurring ...