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Dangerous Ground (South China Sea)

Index Dangerous Ground (South China Sea)

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 1000m. [1]

50 relations: Amboyna Cay, Ardasier Reef, Atoll, Bombay Reef, Collins Reef, Commodore Reef, Cornwallis South Reef, Dallas Reef, Erica Reef, Fiery Cross Reef, First Thomas Shoal, Flat Island (South China Sea), Gaven Reefs, Half Moon Shoal, Investigator Shoal, Irving Reef, Johnson South Reef, Lankiam Cay, List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands, Loaita Bank, Loaita Island, London Reefs, Mariveles Reef, Mischief Reef, Namyit Island, Nanshan Island, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Nautical mile, North Danger Reef, Northeast Cay, Palawan, Reed Bank, Reef, Royal Captain Shoal, Sabina Shoal, Sand Cay, Second Thomas Shoal, Sin Cowe Island, South China Sea, Southwest Cay, Spratly Island, Subi Reef, Swallow Reef, Taiping Island, Third Thomas Shoal, Thitu Island, Tizard Bank, Union Banks, West York Island, Western Reef.

Amboyna Cay

Amboyna Cay, also known as An Bang Island, (Đảo An Bang,, Pulau Amboyna Kecil; Lagos) 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.

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Ardasier Reef

Ardasier Reef, also known as Guangxingzai Jiao in China, Terumbu Ubi in Malaysia, Antonio Luna in the Philippines and đá Kiệu Ngựa in Vietnam, is a triangular shaped feature on the SW extremity of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands.

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Atoll

An atoll, sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.

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Bombay Reef

Bombay Reef (đá Bông Bay) is an atoll of the Paracel Islands.

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Collins Reef

Collins Reef (also known as Johnson North Reef/Johnson Reef North, Đá Cô Lin,, Roxas) is a Vietnamese occupied and controlled reef and the westernmost feature of Union Banks Atoll near the centre of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly islands in the South China Sea.

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Commodore Reef

Commodore Reef (also known as Rizal Reef in the Philippines, Đá Công Đo in Vietnam, 司令礁 in China, and Terumbu Laksamana in Malaysia) is a reef located in the SE of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Cornwallis South Reef

Cornwallis South Reef is a coral atoll reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Dallas Reef

Dallas Reef, also known as Guangxing Jiao and Nan Chiao in China, Terumbu Laya in Malaysia, đá Suối Cát in Vietnam and Rajah Matanda in the Philippines, lies on the SW extremity of Dangerous Ground (South China Sea) in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

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Erica Reef

Erica Reef, also known as Enola Reef, Boji Jiao in China, Terumbu Siput in Malaysia, đá Én Ca in Vietnam, and Gabriela Silang in the Philippines, is located in the SW of Dangerous Ground, 24km east-northeast of Mariveles Reef in the Spratly Islands.

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Fiery Cross Reef

Fiery Cross Reef, also known as "Northwest Investigator Reef", "Yongshu Reef" (永暑礁) by the Chinese, "Kagitingan Reef" by the Filipinos, and "Đá Chữ Thập" by the Vietnamese was, prior to large scale reclamation activities by China, a group of three reefs just west of the western edge of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

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First Thomas Shoal

First Thomas Shoal, also known as Bulig Shoal in the Philippines, Bãi Suối Ngà in Vietnam, and 信义礁 in China, is an uninhabited reef/atoll located south of Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

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Flat Island (South China Sea)

Flat Island (l; Đảo Bình Nguyên) is the second smallest of the natural Spratly Islands.

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Gaven Reefs

The Gaven Reefs (Chinese: Nanxun Jiao 南薰礁 and Xinan Jiao 西南礁, Vietnamese: Đá Ga Ven and "Đá Lạc", Tagalog: Burgos) is a group of two reefs in the Tizard Bank of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Half Moon Shoal

Half Moon Shoal (Hasa Hasa Shoal) is a shoal at the eastern edge of the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

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Investigator Shoal

Investigator Shoal, known as Yuya Ansha in China, Terumbu Peninjau in Malaysia, Pawikan in the Philippines, and bãi Thám hiểm in Vietnam, is located in the SW of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

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Irving Reef

Irving Reef (Filipino: Balagtas,, đá Cá Nhám) is a coral reef in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea.

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Johnson South Reef

Johnson South Reef (Đá Gạc Ma), also known as Chigua Reef in China, Gạc Ma Reef in Vietnam and Mabini Reef in the Philippines is a reef in the southwest portion of the Union Banks in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

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Lankiam Cay

Lankiam Cay (Panata, literally "oath";; đá An Nhơn) is the smallest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands.

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List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands

This page features a series of lists of maritime features in the Spratly Islands.

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Loaita Bank

The Loaita Bank is one of the significant maritime features in the Spratly Islands.

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Loaita Island

Loaita Island, also known as Tagalog: Kota,, and Đảo Loại Ta, with an area of, is the tenth largest of the naturally-occurring Spratly Islands, and the fifth largest of the Philippine-occupied islands.

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London Reefs

The London Reefs are located between and (and) in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

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Mariveles Reef

Mariveles Reef, known as Nanhai Jiao in China, Terumbu Mantanani in Malaysia, đá Kỳ Vân in Vietnam and Mariveles in the Philippines, is located in the SW of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands.

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Mischief Reef

Mischief Reef (accessdate Đá Vành Khăn) was a reef / atoll surrounding a large lagoon in the SE of Dangerous Ground in the east of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Namyit Island

Namyit Island (Đảo Nam Yết;; Binago) is the third-largest island on Tizard Bank in the northwest of the Spratly Islands in South China Sea.

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Nanshan Island

Nanshan Island (Lawak, literally "vastness";; Đảo Vĩnh Viễn) is the eighth largest natural island of the Spratly Islands group, and the fourth largest of the Philippine-occupied islands.

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National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is both a combat support agency under the United States Department of Defense and an intelligence agency of the United States Intelligence Community, with the primary mission of collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national security.

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Nautical mile

A nautical mile is a unit of measurement defined as exactly.

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North Danger Reef

North Danger Reef is one of the seven major reefs / banks / etc. in the Spratly Islands area of the South China Sea.

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Northeast Cay

Northeast Cay, (Parola;; Đảo Song Tử Đông), with a land area of, is the fifth largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands and the third largest of the Philippine-occupied islands.

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Palawan

Palawan (pron.), officially the Province of Palawan (Cuyonon: Probinsya i'ang Palawan / Paragua; Kapuoran sang Palawan; Lalawigan ng Palawan) is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of MIMAROPA.

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Reed Bank

Reed Bank, also known as Reed Tablemount, Recto Bank and several other names, is a large tablemount in the South China Sea in the NE of Dangerous Ground and the NE of the Spratly Islands.

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Reef

A reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water.

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Royal Captain Shoal

Royal Captain Shoal (Chinese: Jiangzhang Ansha) is a shoal in the South China Sea and a part of Spratly Islands.

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Sabina Shoal

Sabina Shoal (Filipino: Escoda Shoal) is an atoll in the NE of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea.

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Sand Cay

Sand Cay, also known as Son Ca Island (Đảo Sơn Ca;; Bailan) is a cay on the north edge of the Tizard Bank of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Second Thomas Shoal

Second Thomas Shoal (also known as Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines, Bãi Cỏ Mây in Vietnam, and 仁爱礁 in China) is a shoal/atoll in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines.

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Sin Cowe Island

Sin Cowe Island, also known as Sinh Ton Island, (Đảo Sinh Tồn;; Rurok) is an island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around.

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Southwest Cay

Southwest Cay (Đảo Song Tử Tây;; Pugad) is an islet on the northwestern edge of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Spratly Island

Spratly Island (Đảo Trường Sa), also known as Storm Island, with a natural area of, is the fourth largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, and the largest of the Vietnamese-administered Spratly islands.

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Subi Reef

Subi Reef, also known as Zhubi Reef (Zamora; đá Xu Bi) is a reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea located southwest of Philippine-occupied Thitu Island.

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Swallow Reef

Swallow Reef, known as Pulau Layang-Layang in Malaysia, 燕子島 in China, Celerio in the Philippines and Đá Hoa Lau in Vietnam, is an oceanic atoll of the Spratly Islands administered by Malaysia, which is situated approximately northwest of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

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Taiping Island

Taiping Island, better known internationally as Itu Aba, and also known by various other names, is the largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Third Thomas Shoal

Third Thomas Shoal, known as Banko Thomas in the Philippines, Bãi Đồng Cam in Vietnam, and 和平暗沙 in China, is a shoal/atoll in the north-west of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

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Thitu Island

Thitu Island (Pag-asa, literally "hope";; Đảo Thị Tứ; Pangasinan: Ilalo), having an area of, is the second largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands and the largest of the Philippine-administered islands.

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Tizard Bank

The Tizard Bank,, in Chinese known as 郑和群礁 and Zhenghe Qunjiao, is a partially sunken atoll and one of the significant maritime features of the north-western part of the Spratly Islands.

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Union Banks

Union Banks is a large drowned atoll in the center of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands in South China Sea, west of the Philippine coast, containing islands and reefs whose ownership remains disputed and controversial.

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West York Island

West York Island) and several other names. With an area of, it is the third largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands, and the second largest (after Thitu Island/Pag-asa) of the Philippine-occupied islands. It is wide, long, and its highest elevation is. The island is administered by the Philippines as part of Kalayaan, Palawan; it is located 47 miles (76 km) northeast of Pagasa Island (Thitu Island), the location of the Philippine defined major town of Kalayaan. Filipino soldiers are stationed on the island. The island is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.

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Western Reef

Western Reef, also known as Đá Đền Cây Cỏ in Vietnam and Fulusi Jiao in China, is located 66,7km west of Gaven Reefs in the Spratly Islands.

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Dangerous Ground (SCS), Dangerous Ground (Spratly Islands), NE Dangerous Ground, NW Dangerous Ground, SE Dangerous Ground, SW Dangerous Ground.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Ground_(South_China_Sea)

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