Sand Cay

Sand Cay
Disputed island
Sand Cay is located in Spratly Islands
Sand Cay
Sand Cay
Other names
Đảo Sơn Ca (Vietnamese)
Bailan Island (Philippine English)
Pulo ng Bailan (Filipino)
敦謙沙洲 / 敦谦沙洲 Dūnqiān Shāzhōu (Chinese)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates10°22′30″N 114°28′48″E / 10.375°N 114.480°E / 10.375; 114.480
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
DistrictTrường Sa District
CommuneSinh Tồn Commune
Claimed by
From right to left: Sand Cay, Zhongzhou/Ban Than Reef and Taiping Island

Sand Cay, also known as Bailan Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Bailan) and Son Ca Island (Vietnamese: Đảo Sơn Ca; Mandarin Chinese: 敦謙沙洲/敦谦沙洲; pinyin: Dūnqiān Shāzhōu), is a cay on the north edge of the Tizard Bank of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. With an area of 7 hectares (17 acres), it is the ninth largest, and the fourth largest Vietnamese-administered, of the Spratly Islands. The island has been occupied by Vietnam since 1974, (first by South Vietnam, then by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after 1975). It is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC).