Namyit Island

Coordinates: 10°11′N 114°22′E / 10.183°N 114.367°E / 10.183; 114.367

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Namyit Island or Nam Yet Island (Tagalog: Binago; simplified Chinese: 鸿庥岛; traditional Chinese: 鴻庥島; pinyin: Hongxiu Dao; Vietnamese: Đảo Nam Yết) is one of the islands of Spratly Islands in South China Sea. With an area of 5.3 hectares, it is the twelfth largest Spratly island and the fifth largest among the Vietnamese-occupied Spratly islands. It is covered with small trees, bushes and grass, has a fringing reef and is inhabited by sea birds. It is part of Tizard Banks.^[1] The island is occupied by Vietnam (since 1975), and also claimed by the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Philippines.

See also

• Spratly Islands dispute

References

1. ^ "Digital Gazetter of Spratly Islands". http://www.southchinasea.org/macand/gazetteer.htm. Retrieved 22 March 2008. 

External links

• Google map Namyit Island

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