Loaita Island

Loaita Island
Disputed island
Loaita Island
Loaita Island is located in Spratly Islands
Loaita Island
Loaita Island
Other names
Kota Island (Philippine English)
Pulo ng Kota (Filipino)
Đảo Loại Ta (Vietnamese)
南鑰島 / 南钥岛 Nányào Dǎo (Chinese)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates10°40′N 114°25′E / 10.667°N 114.417°E / 10.667; 114.417 (Loaita Island)
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
RegionIV-B - MIMAROPA
ProvincePalawan
Municipality Kalayaan
Claimed by
Additional information
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Loaita Island also known as Kota Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Kota; Mandarin Chinese: 南鑰島/南钥岛; pinyin: Nányào Dǎo, and Vietnamese: Đảo Loại Ta), with an area of 6.45 hectares (15.9 acres) -- is the tenth largest of the naturally-occurring Spratly Islands, and the fifth largest of the Philippine-occupied islands.[2] 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.[3]

The island is administered by the Philippines as part of Kalayaan, Palawan.

The island is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.

  1. ^ "Peace in the South China Sea, National Territory Secure Forever: Position Paper on ROC South Clina Sea Policy" (PDF). ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ PAO-MIN, CHANG (1990). "A New Scramble for the South China Sea Islands". Contemporary Southeast Asia. 12 (1): 20–39. doi:10.1355/CS12-1B. ISSN 0129-797X. JSTOR 42707646.
  3. ^ "Thitu Island". Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. Retrieved 2021-01-17.