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The other islands are Glunimore and Sheep Island, to the north east. Located on the north shore of Sanda is the Oitir Buidhe (yellow sand spit), a pronounced area of sand exposed at low tide, that has two slipways. [11] To the east there is also the notorious "ship catcher", Paterson's Reef. [3] The island has cliffs on most sides.
The island was known as Quarantine Island during the 19th century, when it was used to quarantine ships believed to carry contagious passengers. During World War II , Sand Island was used as an Army internment camp to house Japanese Americans as well as expatriates from Germany, Italy, and other Axis countries living in Hawaii.
Sanda, the Brown Gargantua, featured in War of the Gargantuas (1966) Sanda (manga) , a 2021 manga series written and illustrated by Paru Itagaki Indian spiny-tailed lizard or sanda in Indic languages, a species of lizard renowned as a source of aphrodisiac
In July 2012, China declared the Paracel Islands to be under the administration of Sansha prefecture in Hainan province. Vietnam established Hoàng Sa district in 1982 as part of Quảng Nam-Da Nang province. [8] Since Quảng Nam and Da Nang were split in November 1996, the island district has belonged to Da Nang. [5]
Sandy Island (disambiguation) Sable Island (French: île de Sable, literally "island of sand"), a 31 km² Canadian island situated about 175 km (109 mi) southeast of the closest point of mainland Nova Scotia in the North Atlantic Ocean; Sand Islands in the South China Sea Spratly Islands, the South Sand Islands; Paracel Islands, the West Sand ...
Sanda Island (Scottish Gaelic: Sandaigh) off Kintyre Sandray (Scottish Gaelic: Sanndraigh ) in the Outer Hebrides Handa Island (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Shannda ) off Sutherland
Sandøya (English: Sand island) is an island in Tvedestrand municipality in Agder county, Norway. The 3.8-square-kilometre (1.5 sq mi) island is located along the southern Skagerrak coast and it has roughly 200 permanent residents (2017). The island has no bridge to the mainland, and the inhabitants rely on boats for transportation.
Trường Sa district was established on the basis of small coral islands/cays, reefs and banks of the Spratly Islands which are 248 nautical miles (459 km; 285 mi) south east of Cam Ranh.