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in fall of 1973. The passage through the reef, in the southwest corner of the island, was to allow amphibious craft access to the beach to offload cargo. This operation continued for about one month.
342:'snail island') to Chinese fishermen. Other Chinese sources have it named as 南建岛, as it was the southernmost point claimed by China until after 1933. The current Chinese name commemorates the
368:, until 1974 Vietnam occupied Pattle Island, approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km) northeast. Control has been enforced by the People's Republic of China since the
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584:"西沙中建岛守备部队成立40周年，邓小平曾授予荣誉称号"
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586:. 澎湃新闻. 2018-01-19.
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1133:Union Banks
1066:Flat Island
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1003:Gaven Reefs
998:Tizard Bank
981:Lankiam Cay
976:Loaita Bank
837:Bombay Reef
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479:Herald Bank
281:đảo Tri Tôn
160:Archipelago
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135:111°11′52″E
123:Coordinates
102:đảo Tri Tôn
76:Other names
1553:Categories
1504:Spratly Is
1175:Erica Reef
986:Loaita Cay
651:31 January
619:2023-08-27
594:2022-04-03
572:7220073313
465:References
277:Vietnamese
237:Population
206:Claimed by
98:Vietnamese
1479:Pratas Is
1475:Airports
1457:Transport
1242:Ladd Reef
969:Subi Reef
927:Dangerous
793:Qilian Yu
783:West Sand
614:The Drive
456:USS
443:USS
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387:USS
308:Bànlù Zhì
132:15°47′2″N
108:Geography
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645:Archived
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113:Location
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1379:History
640:Reuters
458:Higgins
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360:History
330:Chinese
326:Luó Dǎo
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301:Vietnam
287:in the
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1431:(1988)
1425:(1975)
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929:Ground
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1044:WNW
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653:2016
568:ISBN
545:2017
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385:The
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299:and
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353:中建號
316:半路峙
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