Bombay Castle (South China Sea)

Bombay Castle
Disputed reef
Bombay Castle
Bombay Castle is located in Spratly Islands
Bombay Castle
Bombay Castle
Other names
Đá Ba Kè (Vietnamese)
蓬勃堡 Péngbó Bǎo (Chinese)
Abad Santos Shoal (Philippine English)
Buhanginan ng Abad Santos (Filipino)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates07°50′N 111°40′E / 7.833°N 111.667°E / 7.833; 111.667
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
DistrictTrường Sa District
TownshipTrường Sa Township
Claimed by
Map of the Spratly Islands showing Bombay Castle and Rifleman Bank

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).

  1. ^ "Glossary of names - South China Sea". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Bombay Castle". East Asian Studies Library. Retrieved 6 June 2014.