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2436:Thitu Reefs
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2287:Money Island
2264:Woody Island
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2807:James Shoal
2765:Louisa Reef
2760:Amboyna Cay
2646:Dallas Reef
2619:Hughes Reef
2609:Union Banks
2542:Flat Island
2509:Irving Reef
2479:Gaven Reefs
2474:Tizard Bank
2457:Lankiam Cay
2452:Loaita Bank
2313:Bombay Reef
2254:Tree Island
1997:Petley Reef
1932:Amboyna Cay
1927:Alison Reef
1837:Lankiam Cay
1832:Irving Reef
1827:Flat Island
1814:Philippines
1777:Dallas Reef
1732:Hughes Reef
1727:Gaven Reefs
1692:Louisa Reef
1660:Union Banks
1655:Tizard Bank
1635:Loaita Bank
1487:17 February
1462:17 December
1237:"Reef Wars"
1068:27 November
1023:. Wikimapia
1005:27 November
921:Měijì Shèqū
599:Union Banks
584: /
526:Philippines
483:Sansha City
475:Philippines
357:Philippines
266:Archipelago
253: /
229:Coordinates
187:Other names
3031:Categories
2980:Spratly Is
2651:Erica Reef
2462:Loaita Cay
2012:South Reef
1842:Loaita Cay
1782:Erica Reef
1482:Simularity
1406:30 January
1380:. GMA News
1216:0415347106
1161:. ABC News
981:References
632:in nearby
440:Měijì Jiāo
416:Vietnamese
325:Claimed by
203:(Filipino)
51:in Chinese
2955:Pratas Is
2951:Airports
2933:Transport
2718:Ladd Reef
2445:Subi Reef
2403:Dangerous
2269:Qilian Yu
2259:West Sand
1977:Ladd Reef
1747:Subi Reef
1242:Time Asia
1188:7 October
975:Subi Reef
866:Concrete
837:Direction
214:Geography
193:(Chinese)
110:talk page
2990:Thitu Is
2963:Woody Is
2489:Sand Cay
2002:Sand Cay
1764:Malaysia
1257:22 March
1094:Archived
1027:17 March
954:See also
844:Surface
773:Location
763:Operator
740:Military
650:Dongguan
647:frigate
645:Type 053
597:east of
572:115°32′E
552:Mischief
424:Mandarin
408:Filipino
302:Province
241:115°32′E
219:Location
86:provide
2975:Itu Aba
2855:History
1919:Vietnam
1623:Regions
1517:7 April
1436:14 July
1341:17 July
1325:"Award"
1308:17 July
1292:"Award"
919:(美济社区,
841:Length
825:Runways
732:Summary
549:clipper
511:by the
502:Vietnam
471:Palawan
465:in the
431:美濟礁/美济礁
427:Chinese
391:Vietnam
108:to the
90:in the
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2939:Ships
2925:(2014)
2919:(2012)
2913:(2012)
2907:(1988)
2901:(1975)
2895:(1974)
2889:(1944)
2405:Ground
1889:Taiwan
1684:Brunei
1615:(1988)
1609:(1975)
1426:Xinhua
1384:24 May
1213:
1165:22 May
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863:2,700
860:8,900
857:03/21
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307:Hainan
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238:9°55′N
2753:South
1709:China
1347:p.260
1335:(PDF)
1328:(PDF)
1314:p.174
1302:(PDF)
1295:(PDF)
1090:(PDF)
745:Owner
630:buoys
455:atoll
340:China
292:China
70:DeepL
2732:East
2674:West
2520:WNW
2505:NNW
1519:2013
1489:2021
1464:2016
1438:2016
1408:2016
1386:2016
1343:2016
1310:2016
1259:2008
1211:ISBN
1190:2014
1167:2014
1134:ISBN
1070:2013
1029:2014
1007:2013
722:none
718:ICAO
711:none
707:IATA
675:CIWS
451:reef
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