Sand Cay

Sand Cay
Disputed island;
	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
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	10°22′30″N 114°28′48″E / 10.375°N 114.480°E
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
	Vietnam
District	Trường Sa District
Commune	Sinh Tồn Commune
Claimed by
	China
	Philippines
	Taiwan
	Vietnam

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 former 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).