Namyit Island

Namyit Island
Disputed island
Namyit Island in 2022
Namyit Island is located in Spratly Islands
Namyit Island
Namyit Island
Other names
Đảo Nam Yết (Vietnamese)
Binago Island (Philippine English)
Pulo ng Binago (Filipino)
鴻庥島 / 鸿庥岛 Hóngxiū Dǎo (Chinese)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates10°10′46″N 114°22′00″E / 10.17944°N 114.36667°E / 10.17944; 114.36667
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
DistrictTrường Sa District
CommuneSinh Tồn Commune
Claimed by

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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