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The International Portal of Taiping Island (Taiping Island – The Beautiful and Sustainable Island) Satellite image of Taiping Island by Google Maps; Putative States in the Spratly Archipelago "Ecological Resources". Discovering the South China Sea. vm.nthu.edu.tw. Archived from the original on 2005-11-24. "Itu Aba Island".
Also following the defeat of Japan at the end of World War II, the ROC re-claimed the entirety of the Spratly Islands (including Taiping Island) after accepting the Japanese surrender of the islands based on the Cairo and Potsdam Declarations. The Republic of China then garrisoned Itu Aba (Taiping) island in 1946 and posted Chinese flags. [72]
Taiping Island Republic of China: Taiping Island Airport: RCSP: 2007: 1,200 m (est.) Military use only. No refueling facilities. [1] Swallow Reef (Layang-Layang) Malaysia: Layang-Layang Airport: LAC: 1995: 1,367 m Dual-use concrete airport. Fiery Cross Reef People's Republic of China: Yongshu Airport: AG 4553: 2016: 3,300 m (est.) Dual-use ...
The island is inhabited by an unknown number of Vietnamese soldiers and in the deep waters fronting the south side it is said that a submarine base is situated. Occupied since 1975.Part of Tizard Banks. Sand Cay: Đảo Sơn Ca: Bailan: The ninth largest Spratly island. Lies 6 miles (10 km) to the east of Taiwan-occupied Taiping Island.
In 1933, the Chinese government lodged an official protest to the French government after its occupation of Taiping Island. [14] In 1947, the Ministry of Interior of China renamed 149 of the islands. Later, in November 1947, the Secretaritat of Guangdong Government of China was authorised to publish the Map of the South China Sea Islands.
Location map of outlying islands governed by Taiwan Penghu Islands. Island of Taiwan (Formosa; 臺灣島) Kaohsiung. Cijin (旗津島); formerly a longshore bar connected to the island of Taiwan at the southern tip, this link was severed in 1975 due to Kaohsiung Port construction. Keelung City. Keelung Islet (基隆嶼) Hoping Island
Taiping Island Airport (Chinese: 太平島機場; pinyin: Tàipíng Dǎo Jīchǎng) is an airport on Taiping Island, Cijin District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is located in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. The island (named Itu Aba before 1946 [1]) has been stationed by the Republic of China (Taiwan) with military personnel since 1956.
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.