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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Named after the East India Company ship <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough_(1740_EIC_ship)" class="extiw" title="w:Scarborough (1740 EIC ship)">Scarborough</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Proper_noun">Proper noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scarborough_Shoal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Proper noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Scarborough#English" title="Scarborough">Scarborough</a> <a href="/wiki/shoal#English" title="shoal">Shoal</a></strong> <i>or</i> <strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">the <a href="/wiki/Scarborough#English" title="Scarborough">Scarborough</a> <a href="/wiki/shoal#English" title="shoal">Shoal</a></strong></span> </p> <ol><li>A <a href="/wiki/shoal" title="shoal">shoal</a> in the <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea#English" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a></span>, including <a href="/wiki/South_Rock" title="South Rock">South Rock</a>, etc. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Philippines</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Panatag_Shoal#English" title="Panatag Shoal">Panatag Shoal</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Philippines</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Bajo_de_Masinloc#English" title="Bajo de Masinloc">Bajo de Masinloc</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">from Chinese</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Huangyan_Dao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huangyan Dao (page does not exist)">Huangyan Dao</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1810/1811</b></span>, “HYDROGRAPHY.”, in <cite>The Naval Chronicle, for 1810: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.org/details/navalchronicleco24londiala/">[1]</a></sup>, volume XXIV, London, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/320133650">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/navalchronicleco24londiala/page/315/">page <span class="None" lang="und">315</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">T<small>HE</small> <b>Scarborough Shoal</b>, explored in April, 1806, by Don Francisco Riquelmé, captain and brigadier in the Spanish navy, then in command of the Lucia frigate, and three gun-boats, sent on that service by Admiral Don Ignacio de Alava, while stationed at Manilla.<br /><small>SITUATION.</small> ° ʹ "<br />North point of the shoal ........ 15—12—40<br />South, ditto .................. 15—4—0<br />East, } To westward of Meridian } 3—6—40<br />West, } of Manilla. } 3—16—15<br />distance from the nearest land of Luconia, which, is Point Capones 129 miles.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2015</b> July 15, Austin Ramzy, “Google Maps Changes Name on Disputed South China Sea Shoal”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" class="extiw" title="w:The New York Times">The New York Times</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.ph/Mfq1C">[2]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331">→ISSN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1645522">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.nytimes.com/sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/google-maps-changes-name-on-disputed-south-china-sea-shoal/">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-05-11">May 11, 2024</span>, Sinosphere:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">After Google Maps dropped <b>Scarborough Shoal</b>, a longstanding name taken from a ship that smashed against it in 1784, and described the island as part of the Zhongsha island chain of China, many people in the Philippines complained.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">[<b>2016</b> March 23, “Position Paper on ROC South China Sea Policy”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_Economic_and_Cultural_Office_in_New_Zealand" class="extiw" title="w:Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New Zealand">Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Auckland</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240430090330/https://www.roc-taiwan.org/nzakl_en/post/1190.html">[3]</a></sup>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-986-04-8716-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-986-04-8716-9">→ISBN</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.roc-taiwan.org/nzakl_en/post/1190.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-04-30">April 30, 2024</span>, Announcements, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210720193324/https://ws.mofa.gov.tw/Download.ashx?u=LzAwMS9VcGxvYWQvT2xkRmlsZS9XZWJBcmNoaXZlLzE5ODkvUG9zaXRpb24gUGFwZXIgb24gUk9DIFNvdXRoIENoaW5hIFNlYSBQb2xpY3kgKGlsbHVzdHJhdGVkIHBhbXBobGV0IFBERikucGRm&n=UG9zaXRpb24gUGFwZXIgb24gUk9DIFNvdXRoIENoaW5hIFNlYSBQb2xpY3kgKGlsbHVzdHJhdGVkIHBhbXBobGV0IFBERikucGRm&icon=.pdf">pages <span class="None" lang="und">13–14</span></a>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.ph/j82j0">[4]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Chungsha (Macclesfield Bank) Islands: Previously called the Nansha, the Chungsha Islands lie to the east and slightly to the south of the Shisha Islands, roughly 467 nautical miles from Kaohsiung Harbor (the closest feature being <b>Minzhu Reef</b>, also known as Huangyan Island or Scarborough Reef). They are distributed between 13°57' and 19°12' north latitude and 113°43' and 117°48' east longitude. Only <b>Minzhu Reef</b> rises above the waterline, while the rest are submerged coral reefs. The Chungsha Islands occupy an important position along major routes for fishing and commercial vessels, with surrounding waters rich in marine resources.</span>]</div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2016</b> May 24, Michael Gau [<span class="e-translation"><span class="Hant" lang="zh">高聖惕</span></span>], “Why Does China Ignore South China Sea Arbitration Brought By the Philippines?”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang" class="extiw" title="w:Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> Official Website</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240430100435/http://www1.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=17773">[5]</a></sup>, sourced from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Daily_News" class="extiw" title="w:United Daily News">United Daily News</a>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www1.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=17773">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-04-30">April 30, 2024</span>, General News‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.ph/8IA2R">[6]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In addition, the Philippines claimed that it had sovereignty over the <b>Scarborough Shoal</b> in the Chungsha Islands (Macclesfield Bank), and demanded that China respect its rights and freedom of navigation in the region and abide by the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, COLREG).<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span><br />The Philippines has argued that it has sovereignty over the <b>Scarborough Shoal</b> in the Chungsha Islands (Macclesfield Bank).</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2016</b> July 12, <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_v._China" class="extiw" title="w:Philippines v. China">PCA Case No. 2013-19 in the matter of the South China Sea arbitration before an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea between The Republic of the Philippines and the People's Republic of China : award</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190129031833/https://pca-cpa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2016/07/PH-CN-20160712-Award.pdf">[7]</a></sup>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1015856338">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pca-cpa.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2016/07/PH-CN-20160712-Award.pdf">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2019-01-29">29 January 2019</span>, pages <span class="None" lang="und">199–200</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><b>(b) China’s Position on the Status of Scarborough Shoal</b><br />459. China claims sovereignty over <b>Scarborough Shoal</b>, which in China is known as “Huangyan Dao” and treated as part of the Zhongsha Islands.⁵⁰⁰</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2017</b> March 17, Christopher Bodeen, “China plans 1st structure on disputed South China Sea shoal”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_News" class="extiw" title="w:AP News">AP News</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220812124105/https://apnews.com/article/e0a2e518eb0545b0bf13012ce8cc0a6d">[8]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/article/e0a2e518eb0545b0bf13012ce8cc0a6d">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2022-08-12">12 August 2022</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The top official in Sansha City that has administered China’s island claims since 2012 was quoted by the official Hainan Daily newspaper as saying that preparations were underway to build an environmental monitoring station on <b>Scarborough Shoal</b> off the northwestern Philippines.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2024</b> May 14, Chris Buckley, Camille Elemia, “China Deploys Dozens of Ships to Block Philippine Protest Flotilla”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" class="extiw" title="w:The New York Times">The New York Times</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240515033556/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/world/asia/china-philippines-flotilla.html">[9]</a></sup>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The New York Times Company">The New York Times Company</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1553-8095">→ISSN</a></small>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/971436363">→OCLC</a></small>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/14/world/asia/china-philippines-flotilla.html">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-05-15">2024-05-15</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The <b>Scarborough Shoal</b> has been under Chinese control since 2012, when Beijing wrested it from Manila in a weekslong standoff.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2024</b> May 15, “Philippines seeks to ensure safety of civilian mission in South China Sea”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters" class="extiw" title="w:Reuters">Reuters</a></cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://archive.ph/G5wYW">[10]</a></sup>, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/philippines-says-ensure-safety-civilian-mission-south-china-sea-2024-05-15/">the original</a> on <span class="mw-formatted-date" title="2024-05-15">15 May 2024</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Located inside Manila's exclusive economic zone, the <b>Scarborough Shoal</b> is coveted for its bountiful fish stocks and a stunning turquoise lagoon that provides safe haven for vessels during storms.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Translations">Translations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scarborough_Shoal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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