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    Namyit Island

    Đảo Nam Yết, Binago Island

    10°11′N 114°22′E

    Namyit Island, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo Nam Yết; Binago Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Binago, lit. 'Island of Changed'); Mandarin Chinese: 鴻庥島/鸿庥岛; pinyin: Hóngxiū Dǎo, is the third-largest island on Tizard Bank in the northwest of the Spratly Islands in South China Sea.

    Tizard Bank is an atoll consisting of some coral islands/cays and coral reefs of Spratly Islands.
    Tizard Bank is an atoll consisting of some coral islands/cays and coral reefs of Spratly Islands.

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    Terrain

    10°11′N 114°22′E

    Terrain exaggerated for relief. Drag to look around.

    Overview

    Namyit Island, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo Nam Yết; Binago Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Binago, lit. 'Island of Changed'); Mandarin Chinese: 鴻庥島/鸿庥岛; pinyin: Hóngxiū Dǎo, is the third-largest island on Tizard Bank in the northwest of the Spratly Islands in South China Sea. With an area of 5.3 hectares (13 acres), it is the twelfth-largest naturally occurring Spratly island, and the fifth-largest among the Vietnamese-administered islands. The island is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, and Taiwan (ROC).

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Tizard Bank

    Also in Spratly Islands

    Also in South China Sea Islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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