Sand Cay

Sand Cay

Sand Cay or Son Ca Island ( _tl. Bailan; zh-cp|c=敦谦沙洲|p=Dunqian Shazhou; _vi. Đảo Sơn Ca) is an island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. With an area of 7 hectares, it is the ninth largest Spratly island and the fourth largest among Vietnamese-occupied Spratly islands. It lies 6 miles (10 km) to the east of Taiwan-occupied Itu Aba Island. Between Sandy Cay and Itu Aba Island is another Taiwanese-occupied feature, Ban Than Reef. It is covered with trees and bushes. Fringing reef is partly above water at low tide. This feature is commonly confused with Sandy Cay, a sandy shoal near Thitu Island. This island, occupied by Vietnam since 1974, is also being claimed by China, Taiwan and the Philippines. It is part of Tizard Banks.cite web
title = Digital Gazetter of Spratly Islands
url = http://www.southchinasea.org/macand/gazetteer.htm
accessdate = 2008-03-22 ]

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*Spratly Islands

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