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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Spratly_Islands_relief_location_map.svg/390px-Spratly_Islands_relief_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Spratly_Islands_relief_location_map.svg/520px-Spratly_Islands_relief_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="643" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:51.294%;left:55.849%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Investigator Shoal"><img alt="Investigator Shoal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div>Investigator Shoal</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data"><br />Terumbu Peninjau <i>(Malay)</i><br />Pawikan Shoal <i>(Philippine English)</i><br />Buhanginan ng Pawikan <i>(Filipino)</i><br />Bãi Thám Hiểm <i>(Vietnamese)</i><br />榆亚暗沙 Yúyà ànshā <i>(Chinese)</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Investigator_Shoal&params=8_6_51_N_114_42_7_E_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">8°6′51″N</span> <span class="longitude">114°42′7″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">8.11417°N 114.70194°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">8.11417; 114.70194</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="986" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Malaysia" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Malaysia">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kudat" title="Kudat">Kudat</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Claimed by</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-islands-country2"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Prefecture-level_city" title="Prefecture-level city">City</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sansha" title="Sansha">Sansha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hainan" title="Hainan">Hainan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-islands-country"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia_23px.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="986" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia" title="States and federal territories of Malaysia">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Malaysia" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Malaysia">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kudat" title="Kudat">Kudat</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-islands-country"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_the_Philippines" title="Municipalities of the Philippines">Municipality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kalayaan,_Palawan" title="Kalayaan, Palawan">Kalayaan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palawan" title="Palawan">Palawan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-islands-country"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Direct-controlled_municipality" title="Direct-controlled municipality">Municipality</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cijin_District,_Kaohsiung" class="mw-redirect" title="Cijin District, Kaohsiung">Cijin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaohsiung" title="Kaohsiung">Kaohsiung</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-islands-country"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Vietnam" title="List of districts of Vietnam">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Truong_Sa_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Truong Sa District">Truong Sa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kh%C3%A1nh_H%C3%B2a_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Khánh Hòa Province">Khanh Hoa</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Investigator Shoal</b>, also known as <a href="/wiki/Malay_language" title="Malay language">Malay</a>: <i lang="ms"><b>Terumbu Peninjau</b></i>; Pawikan Shoal (<a href="/wiki/Filipino_language" title="Filipino language">Filipino</a>: <i lang="fil">Buhanginan ng Pawikan</i>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'Sandbank of Sea Turtle'); <a href="/wiki/Vietnamese_language" title="Vietnamese language">Vietnamese</a>: <i lang="vi">bãi Thám Hiểm</i><i>;</i> <a href="/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m" title="Chữ Nôm">chữ Nôm</a>: 𣺽探險; <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin</a> <a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh">榆亞暗沙/榆亚暗沙</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Yúyà ànshā</span></i><i>,</i> is located in the SW of <a href="/wiki/Dangerous_Ground_(South_China_Sea)" title="Dangerous Ground (South China Sea)">Dangerous Ground</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands" title="Spratly Islands">Spratly Islands</a> of the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is an <a href="/wiki/Atoll" title="Atoll">atoll</a> above water at low tide; some large rocks at the western end might be visible at high water. The atoll is 32.1 kilometres (19.9 mi) and is up to 10.6 km wide.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total atoll area is 188 square kilometres (73 sq mi). The <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoon</a> is up to 45 meters deep.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is one of the areas in the Spratly Islands occupied by <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Navy" title="Royal Malaysian Navy">Royal Malaysian Navy</a> has maintained an <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Navy#Offshore_stations" title="Royal Malaysian Navy">"offshore naval station"</a> there called "Station Papa" since 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Investigator_Shoal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oceangrafix.com/chart/zoom?chart=93047">NGA Chart 93047</a>, oceangrafix.com</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Measured from a satellite image with the wikimapia measuring tool at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=8.133838&lon=114.566803&z=13&m=bs&gz=0;1145121288;81091115;6008;4248;2919101;124907">Wikimapia</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="ftp://rock.geosociety.org/pub/reposit/2001/2001075.pdf">Atoll Area, Depth and Rainfall</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged January 2020">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup>, rock.geosociety.org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFJoshua_HoSam_Bateman2013" class="citation book cs1">Joshua Ho; Sam Bateman (15 February 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wQEw-ffhOykC&pg=PA74"><i>Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia: Implications for Regional Security</i></a>. 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href="/wiki/Tizard_Bank" title="Tizard Bank">Tizard Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Banks" title="Union Banks">Union Banks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Occupied features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei"><img alt="Brunei" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cuarteron_Reef" title="Cuarteron Reef">Cuarteron Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiery_Cross_Reef" title="Fiery Cross Reef">Fiery Cross Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaven_Reefs" title="Gaven Reefs">Gaven Reefs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Reef" title="Hughes Reef">Hughes Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_South_Reef" title="Johnson South Reef">Johnson South Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mischief_Reef" title="Mischief Reef">Mischief Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subi_Reef" title="Subi Reef">Subi Reef</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia"><img alt="Malaysia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardasier_Reef" title="Ardasier Reef">Ardasier Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dallas_Reef" title="Dallas Reef">Dallas Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Reef" title="Erica Reef">Erica Reef</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Investigator Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariveles_Reef" title="Mariveles Reef">Mariveles Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swallow_Reef" title="Swallow Reef">Swallow Reef</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines"><img alt="Philippines" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Philippines_and_the_Spratly_Islands" title="Philippines and the Spratly Islands">Philippines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Commodore_Reef" title="Commodore Reef">Commodore Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flat_Island_(South_China_Sea)" title="Flat Island (South China Sea)">Flat Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irving_Reef" title="Irving Reef">Irving Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lankiam_Cay" title="Lankiam Cay">Lankiam Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loaita_Cay" title="Loaita Cay">Loaita Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loaita_Island" title="Loaita Island">Loaita Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanshan_Island" title="Nanshan Island">Nanshan Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Cay" title="Northeast Cay">Northeast Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Thomas_Shoal" title="Second Thomas Shoal">Second Thomas Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thitu_Island" title="Thitu Island">Thitu Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_York_Island" title="West York Island">West York Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taiping_Island" title="Taiping Island">Taiping Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhongzhou_Reef" title="Zhongzhou Reef">Zhongzhou Reef</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam"><img alt="Vietnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alison_Reef" title="Alison Reef">Alison Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amboyna_Cay" title="Amboyna Cay">Amboyna Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barque_Canada_Reef" title="Barque Canada Reef">Barque Canada Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Castle_(South_China_Sea)" title="Bombay Castle (South China Sea)">Bombay Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_London_Reef" title="Central London Reef">Central London Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collins_Reef" title="Collins Reef">Collins Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornwallis_South_Reef" title="Cornwallis South Reef">Cornwallis South Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_Great_Reef" title="Discovery Great Reef">Discovery Great Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_London_Reef" title="East London Reef">East London Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grierson_Reef" title="Grierson Reef">Grierson Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladd_Reef" title="Ladd Reef">Ladd Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lansdowne_Reef" title="Lansdowne Reef">Lansdowne Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namyit_Island" title="Namyit Island">Namyit Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pearson_Reef" title="Pearson Reef">Pearson Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petley_Reef" title="Petley Reef">Petley Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sand_Cay" title="Sand Cay">Sand Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sin_Cowe_Island" title="Sin Cowe Island">Sin Cowe Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Reef" title="South Reef">South Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Cay" title="Southwest Cay">Southwest Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spratly_Island" title="Spratly Island">Spratly Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennent_Reef" title="Tennent Reef">Tennent Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_London_Reef" title="West London Reef">West London Reef</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unoccupied features</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Thomas_Shoal" title="First Thomas Shoal">First Thomas Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_Moon_Shoal" title="Half Moon Shoal">Half Moon Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luconia_Shoals" title="Luconia Shoals">Luconia Shoals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Investigator_Shoal" title="Northeast Investigator Shoal">Northeast Investigator Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Captain_Shoal" title="Royal Captain Shoal">Royal Captain Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabina_Shoal" title="Sabina Shoal">Sabina Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Thomas_Shoal" title="Third Thomas Shoal">Third Thomas Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Reef" title="Western Reef">Western Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitsun_Reef" title="Whitsun Reef">Whitsun Reef</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spratly_Islands_dispute" title="Spratly Islands dispute">Spratly Islands dispute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Territory_of_Freedomland" title="Free Territory of Freedomland">Free Territory of Freedomland</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Sand" title="Great Wall of Sand">Great Wall of Sand</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Spratly_Islands" title="List of airports in the Spratly Islands">List of airports in the Spratly Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_maritime_features_in_the_Spratly_Islands" title="List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands">List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippines_and_the_Spratly_Islands" title="Philippines and the Spratly Islands">Philippines and the Spratly Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Morac-Songhrati-Meads" title="Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads">Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea" title="Territorial disputes in the South China Sea">Territorial disputes in the South China Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine-dash_line" title="Nine-dash line">Nine-dash line</a></li></ul> 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navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_maritime_features_in_the_Spratly_Islands" title="List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands">List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Wall_of_Sand" title="Great Wall of Sand">Great Wall of Sand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Navy_Offshore_Bases" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Malaysian Navy Offshore Bases">Royal Malaysian Navy Offshore Bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DK1_rigs" title="DK1 rigs">Vietnamese DK1 rigs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Spratly_Islands" title="List of airports in the Spratly Islands">List of airports in the Spratly Islands</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="DangerousGround" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_Ground_(South_China_Sea)" title="Dangerous Ground (South China Sea)">Dangerous<br />Ground</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">NW</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Danger_Reef" title="North Danger Reef">North Danger Reef</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Cay" title="Northeast Cay">Northeast Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southwest_Cay" title="Southwest Cay">Southwest Cay</a></li></ul></li> <li>Thitu Reefs <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thitu_Island" title="Thitu Island">Thitu Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subi_Reef" title="Subi Reef">Subi Reef</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loaita_Bank" title="Loaita Bank">Loaita Bank</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lankiam_Cay" title="Lankiam Cay">Lankiam 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title="Dallas Reef">Dallas Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erica_Reef" title="Erica Reef">Erica Reef</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Investigator Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariveles_Reef" title="Mariveles Reef">Mariveles Reef</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">West</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/London_Reefs" title="London Reefs">London Reefs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_London_Reef" title="Central London Reef">Central London Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuarteron_Reef" title="Cuarteron Reef">Cuarteron Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_London_Reef" title="East London Reef">East London Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_London_Reef" title="West London Reef">West London Reef</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Castle_(South_China_Sea)" title="Bombay Castle (South China Sea)">Bombay Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiery_Cross_Reef" title="Fiery Cross Reef">Fiery Cross Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladd_Reef" title="Ladd Reef">Ladd Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spratly_Island" title="Spratly Island">Spratly Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">East</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Captain_Shoal" title="Royal Captain Shoal">Royal Captain Shoal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Half_Moon_Shoal" title="Half Moon Shoal">Half Moon Shoal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">South</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amboyna_Cay" title="Amboyna Cay">Amboyna Cay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louisa_Reef" title="Louisa Reef">Louisa Reef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swallow_Reef" title="Swallow Reef">Swallow Reef</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southeastern SCS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palawan_Passage" title="Palawan Passage">Palawan Passage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southern SCS</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/James_Shoal" title="James Shoal">James Shoal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luconia_Shoals" title="Luconia Shoals">Luconia Shoals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tudjuh_Archipelago" title="Tudjuh 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