Disputed reef | |
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Other names | Đá Ba Kè (Vietnamese) 蓬勃堡 Péngbó Bǎo (Chinese) Abad Santos Shoal (Philippine English) Buhanginan ng Abad Santos (Filipino) |
Geography | |
Location | South China Sea |
Coordinates | 07°50′N 111°40′E / 7.833°N 111.667°E |
Archipelago | Spratly Islands |
Administration | |
District | Trường Sa District |
Township | Trường Sa Township |
Claimed by | |
Bombay Castle, also known in Vietnamese: Đá Ba Kè; Mandarin Chinese: 蓬勃堡; pinyin: Péngbó Bǎo;[1] Abad Santos Shoal (Filipino: Buhanginan ng Abad Santos, lit. 'Sandbank of Abad Santos'), is a reef with a lighthouse in the Rifleman Bank of the southern Spratly Islands. It is occupied by Vietnam,[2] but also claimed by China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC).