James Shoal is a reef (bank) in the South China Sea, with a depth of 22 metres (72 ft) below the surface of the sea, located about 45 nautical miles off the Borneo coast of Malaysia. It is claimed by Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, and the Republic of China (Taiwan). The reef and its surrounds are administered by Malaysia.
Loaita Island also known as Kota Island, with an area of 6.45 hectares -- is the tenth largest of the naturally-occurring Spratly Islands, and the fifth largest of the Philippine-occupied islands. It is located just to the west of the northern part of Dangerous Ground, and is 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Philippine-occupied Thitu Island (Pag-asa) and 22 miles (35 km) north-northeast of Taiwan-occupied Itu Aba Island.
Lankiam Cay, also known as Panata Island, is the smallest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands. It has an area of 0.44 hectares, and is located about 7 nautical miles east-northeast of Philippine-occupied Loaita (Kota) Island, just west of the north of Dangerous Ground.
Erica Reef, also known as Enola Reef; Malay: Terumbu Siput, lit. 'Shell Reef'; Gabriela Silang Reef ; Vietnamese: đá Én Ca; Mandarin Chinese: 簸箕礁; pinyin: Bòji Jiāo, is located in the SW of Dangerous Ground, 24km east-northeast of Mariveles Reef in the Spratly Islands.
Investigator Shoal, also known as Malay: Terumbu Peninjau; Pawikan Shoal ; Vietnamese: bãi Thám Hiểm; Mandarin Chinese: 榆亚暗沙; pinyin: Yúyà ànshā, is located in the SW of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands of the 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 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).
Reed Tablemount is a large tablemount or guyot in the South China Sea north-east of Dangerous Ground and north-east of the Spratly Islands. It covers an area of 8,866 square kilometres (3,423 sq mi), but with depths between 9 and only 45 meters. The submerged but hydrocarbon-rich area includes Nares Bank and Marie Louise Bank.
The Tizard Bank, 10°15′N114°30′E is a partially sunken atoll and one of the significant maritime features of the north-western part of the Spratly Islands. It is claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China, and Vietnam, and various parts of it are occupied by these states.
Second Thomas Shoal, also known as Ayungin Shoal, is an atoll in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea, 105 nautical miles west of Palawan, Philippines. Claimed by several nations, the atoll is currently militarily occupied by the Philippines.
Bombay Castle, also known in Vietnamese: Bãi Ba Kè; Mandarin Chinese: 蓬勃堡; pinyin: Péngbó Bǎo; Abad Santos Shoal, is a reef with a lighthouse in the Rifleman Bank of the southern Spratly Islands. It is occupied by Vietnam, but also claimed by China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC).
North Danger Reef is one of the seven major reefs / banks / etc. in the Spratly Islands area of the South China Sea. It is the most North Western of the features of the Spratly Islands, located to the NW of Dangerous Ground.
Thomas Shoal may refer to:
The Loaita Bank is one of the significant maritime features in the Spratly Islands. It is about 20 nautical miles long on its NE-SW axis, and extends from Loaita Island to the NW of Dangerous Ground.
Royal Captain Shoal, also known as Kanduli Shoal ; Mandarin Chinese: 艦長礁/舰长礁; pinyin: Jiànzhǎng Jiāo; Vietnamese: Bãi Đồi Mồi, is an atoll in the South China Sea and a part of Spratly Islands. It is located in the vicinity of Northeast Investigator Shoal and Half Moon Shoal, at the eastern edge of the area named "Dangerous Ground".
Northeast Investigator Shoal, also known as Dalagang Bukid Shoal ; Mandarin Chinese: 海口礁; pinyin: Hǎikǒu Jiāo; Vietnamese: Bãi Phù Mỹ, also marked as Investigator Northeast Shoal on some nautical charts, is an atoll in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
Third Thomas Shoal, known as Banko Thomas in the Philippines, Bãi Đồng Cam in Vietnam, and 和平暗沙 in China, is a reef in the north-west of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is located 7.5 nautical miles north of Flat island, and 73 nautical miles north of Mischief Reef.
Commodore Reef, also known as Rizal Reef, is a atoll located in the southeast of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is located east of the Ardasier Reef and Investigator Shoal, 117.9 miles (189.7 km) NE of Swallow Reef and 167.1 miles (268.9 km) SE of Cuarteron Reef. The rock has been legally declared a rock.
Loaita Cay, also known as Melchora Aquino Island, is an island in the Spratly Islands. It has an area of 0.53 hectares and it's located about 5 nautical miles northwest of Philippine-occupied Loaita (Kota) Island, just west of the north of Dangerous Ground.
