Glossary of Place Names

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Glossary of Place Names

The following glossary lists all the islands, islets and rocks to which reference is made in the text or footnotes. The place names are presented in English, Chinese and the Filipino language. Throughout the book, the English place name is used, unless the Chinese or Filipino name are used in the original source.

English name

Chinese name

Filipino name

Coordinates

Amboyna Cay

Anbo Shazhou

Kalantiyaw Cay

7°53’N

112°55’E

Cuarteron Reef

Huayang Jiaoa

Calderon Reef

80°51’N – 80°52’N

112°50’N – 112°53’N

Fiery Cross Reef

Yongshu Jiao

Kagitingan Reef

9°30’N -9°40’N

112°53’E – 113°04’E

Gaven Reef

Nanxun Jiao

Burgos Reef

10°10’N – 10°13’N

114°13’E -114°15’E

Hughes Reef

Dongmen Jiao

Chigua Reef

(Hughes and McKennan Reefs are treated as a single feature)

9°55’N

114°30’E

Itu Aba Island

Taiping Daob

Ligao Island

10°23’N

114°22’E

Johnson Reef

Chigua Jiao

Mabini Reef

9°42’N

114°17’E

Macclesfield Bank

Zhongsha Qundao

Macclesfield Bank

15º27’N -

16º13’N

113º43’E -

114º46’E

McKennan Reef

Ximen Jiao

Chigua Reef

(McKennan and Hughes Reefs are treated as a single feature)

9°54’N -

9°55’N

114°28’E -

114°30’E

Mischief Reef

Meiji Jiao

Panganiban Reef

9°52’N – 9°56’N

115°30’E –

115°35’E

Namyit Island

Hongxiu Dao

Binago Island

10°11’N

114°22’E

Nanshan Island

Mahuan Dao

Lawak Island

10°44’N

115°48’E

Paracel Islands

Xisha Qundaoc

Paracel Islands

Pescadores Islands

Penghu Liedao

Pescadores Islands

23°12’N – 23°47’N

119°19’E – 119°43’E

Pratas Island

Dongsha Dao

Pratas Island

20°42’N

116°43’E

Reed Bank

Liyue Tan

Recto Bank

11°06’N – 11°55’N

116°22’E – 117°20’E

Scarborough Shoal

Huangyan Dao

Bajo de Masinloc

or Panatag Shoal

15°08’N – 15°14’N

117°44’E – 117°48’E

Second Thomas Shoal

Ren’ai Jiao

Ayungin Shoal

9°39’N – 9°48’N

115°51’E – 115°54’E

Sin Cowe Island

Jinghong Dao

Rurok Island

9°53’N

114°20’E

Spratly Islands or

Spratly Island Group or Spratlys

Nansha Qundao

Kalayaan Island Group

Or Kalayaan Islands

Spratly Island

Nanwei Dao

Lagos Island

8°39’N

111°55’E

Subi Reef

Zhubi Jiao

Zamora Reef

10°54’N – 10°56’N

114°04’E – 114°07’E

Thitu Island

Zhongye Qunjiao

Pagasa Island

11°01’N – 11°06’N

114°11’E – 114°24’E

West York Island

Xiyue Dao

Likas Island

11°05’N

115°02’E

a Jiao in Chinese means ‘rock’.

b Dao in Chinese means ‘island’ or ‘islet’.

c Qundao in Chinese means ‘Archipelago’.

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