Flat Island (South China Sea)

Flat Island
Disputed island;
	Flat Island
	Flat Island
Other names	; Patag Island (Philippine English); Pulo ng Patag (Filipino); Đảo Bình Nguyên (Vietnamese); 費信島 / 费信岛 Fèixìn Dǎo (Chinese)
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	10°49′00″N 115°49′20″E / 10.81667°N 115.82222°E
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
	Philippines
Region	IV-B - MIMAROPA
Province	Palawan
Municipality	Kalayaan
Claimed by
	China
	Philippines
	Taiwan
	Vietnam
Additional information

Flat Island, also known as Patag Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Patag; Mandarin Chinese: 費信島/费信岛; pinyin: Fèixìn Dǎo; Vietnamese: Đảo Bình Nguyên), is the second smallest of the natural Spratly Islands. It has an area of 0.57 hectares (5,700 m²), and is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Philippine-occupied Nanshan Island, both of which are located on the expansive but otherwise submerged Flat Island Bank in the northeast part of the of Dangerous Ground area in the South China Sea.

It is the sixth largest of the Philippine-occupied Spratly islands and is administered by the Philippines as part of Kalayaan, Palawan. The island is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Vietnam.