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The bank contains a number of maritime features, including shoals, reefs, an island, two sand cays, and a lagoon:
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and numerous less well defined/named shoals and reefs.
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Space photograph of southern part of Loaita Bank
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1175:List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands
932:List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands
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1195:List of airports in the Spratly Islands
927:List of airports in the Spratly Islands
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1719:Designation of the West Philippine Sea
341:shows the area NW of Dangerous Ground.
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1684:Philippines and the Spratly Islands
1185:Royal Malaysian Navy Offshore Bases
937:Philippines and the Spratly Islands
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942:Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads
351:Spratly Islands Digital Gazetteer
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1669:History of the Spratly Islands
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1695:Battle of the Paracel Islands
915:Free Territory of Freedomland
404:Southwest Cay incident (1975)
1837:Banks of the Spratly Islands
869:Northeast Investigator Shoal
78:) is one of the significant
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415:Johnson South Reef Skirmish
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1713:Scarborough Shoal standoff
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1761:Paracel Islands Airports
260:It is neighboured by the
1772:Spratly Islands Airports
1679:Spratly Islands dispute
910:Spratly Islands dispute
174:(Loaita Southwest Reef)
1701:Southwest Cay incident
328:. 2017. p. 13-14.
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39:Nautical chart of 1911
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1664:Territorial disputes
1648:Tambelan Archipelago
764:Discovery Great Reef
1541:Royal Captain Shoal
1488:Central London Reef
1395:Second Thomas Shoal
1190:Vietnamese DK1 rigs
874:Royal Captain Shoal
847:Unoccupied features
749:Central London Reef
664:Second Thomas Shoal
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1458:Investigator Shoal
1426:Johnson South Reef
1380:First Thomas Shoal
1359:Third Thomas Shoal
1180:Great Wall of Sand
1023:South Vereker Bank
1016:North Vereker Bank
921:Great Wall of Sand
884:Third Thomas Shoal
854:First Thomas Shoal
739:Barque Canada Reef
589:Investigator Shoal
539:Johnson South Reef
321:Sailing Directions
245:11.150°N 114.800°E
156:10.717°N 114.533°E
119:10.683°N 114.417°E
66:10.750°N 114.500°E
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1503:West London Reef
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1572:Swallow Reef
1483:London Reefs
1416:Collins Reef
1390:Sabina Shoal
1326:Western Reef
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1242:Thitu Island
1238:Thitu Reefs
1150:Walker Shoal
1089:Money Island
1066:Woody Island
1051:Rocky Island
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894:Whitsun Reef
889:Western Reef
879:Sabina Shoal
829:Tennent Reef
794:Pearson Reef
754:Collins Reef
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1609:James Shoal
1567:Louisa Reef
1562:Amboyna Cay
1448:Dallas Reef
1421:Hughes Reef
1411:Union Banks
1344:Flat Island
1311:Irving Reef
1281:Gaven Reefs
1276:Tizard Bank
1259:Lankiam Cay
1254:Loaita Bank
1115:Bombay Reef
1056:Tree Island
799:Petley Reef
734:Amboyna Cay
729:Alison Reef
639:Lankiam Cay
634:Irving Reef
629:Flat Island
616:Philippines
579:Dallas Reef
534:Hughes Reef
529:Gaven Reefs
494:Louisa Reef
462:Union Banks
457:Tizard Bank
437:Loaita Bank
282:Union Banks
270:Irving Reef
268:to the NW,
262:Thitu Reefs
248: /
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193:114°21′09″E
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135:Lankiam Cay
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45:Loaita Bank
1831:Categories
1782:Spratly Is
1453:Erica Reef
1264:Loaita Cay
814:South Reef
644:Loaita Cay
584:Erica Reef
288:References
190:10°43′43″N
178:Loaita Cay
172:Loaita Nan
1757:Pratas Is
1753:Airports
1735:Transport
1520:Ladd Reef
1247:Subi Reef
1205:Dangerous
1071:Qilian Yu
1061:West Sand
779:Ladd Reef
549:Subi Reef
310:Pub. 161:
266:Subi Reef
1792:Thitu Is
1765:Woody Is
1291:Sand Cay
804:Sand Cay
566:Malaysia
236:114°48′E
147:114°32′E
110:114°25′E
57:114°30′E
1777:Itu Aba
1657:History
721:Vietnam
425:Regions
233:11°09′N
144:10°43′N
107:10°41′N
54:10°45′N
1741:Ships
1727:(2014)
1721:(2012)
1715:(2012)
1709:(1988)
1703:(1975)
1697:(1974)
1691:(1944)
1207:Ground
691:Taiwan
486:Brunei
417:(1988)
411:(1975)
278:Tizard
1555:South
511:China
316:(PDF)
1534:East
1476:West
1322:WNW
1307:NNW
280:and
264:and
43:The
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