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Not to be confused with Loaita Cay.
Loaita Island
Disputed island
Loaita Island
Loaita Island
Other names
Kota Island (Philippine English) Pulo ng Kota (Filipino) Đảo Loại Ta (Vietnamese) 南鑰島 / 南钥岛 Nányào Dǎo (Chinese)
Loaita Island also known as Kota Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Kota; Mandarin Chinese: 南鑰島/南钥岛; pinyin: Nányào Dǎo, and Vietnamese: Đảo Loại Ta), with an area of 6.45 hectares (15.9 acres) -- is the tenth largest of the naturally-occurring Spratly Islands, and the fifth largest of the Philippine-occupied islands.[2] It is located just to the west of the northern part of Dangerous Ground, and is 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Philippine-occupied Thitu Island (Pag-asa) and 22 miles (35 km) north-northeast of Taiwan-occupied Itu Aba Island.[3]
The island 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.
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LoaitaIsland also known as Kota Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Kota; Mandarin Chinese: 南鑰島/南钥岛; pinyin: Nányào Dǎo, and Vietnamese: Đảo Loại Ta), with an...
Loaita Cay, also known as Melchora Aquino Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Melchora Aquino; Vietnamese: Đảo Loại Ta Tây; Mandarin Chinese: 南鑰沙洲/南钥沙洲; pinyin:...
The Loaita Bank (10°45′N 114°30′E / 10.750°N 114.500°E / 10.750; 114.500) is one of the significant maritime features in the Spratly Islands. It is...
soldiers stationed at nearby LoaitaIsland who regularly visit. It is kept under observation from a tall structure on LoaitaIsland. The location of this outpost...
The Spratly Islands dispute is an ongoing territorial dispute between Brunei, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam concerning "ownership"...
"The chain of islands from the Nansha and Xisha Islands to Hainan Island, Taiwan Island, the Penghu Islands and the Zhoushan Islands are shaped like...
The South China Sea Islands consist of over 250 islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs and seamounts in the South China Sea. The islands are mostly low and...
Islands in the South China Sea includes the South China Sea Islands (Spratly Islands, Pratas Island, Paracel Islands and Macclesfield Bank), islands on...
Flat Island (Patag), the LoaitaIsland (Kota), the Nanshan Island (Lawak), the Thitu Island (Pagasa), the West York Island (Likas), the Lankiam Cay (Panata)...
Island, Amboyna Cay, Itu Aba Island, Northeast Cay, Southwest Cay, LoaitaIsland, Thitu Island and other dependent islands with Ba Ria province (present-day...
Island Flat Island (Spratly) Taiping Island James Shoal (southernmost point) LoaitaIsland Namyit Island Nanshan Island Sin Cowe Island Thitu Island West York...
(Swallow) Ligao Island (Itu Aba, Taiping Island) Likas Island (West York Island) Loaita Cay / Loaita Nan / LoaitaIsland (Kota) London Reefs Louisa Reef Luconia...
prioritized large islands such as Pagasa (Thitu Island), Likas (West York Island), Parola (Northeast Cay), Kota (LoaitaIsland, Lawak (Nanshan Island), and Pugad...
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea involve conflicting island and maritime claims in the South China Sea by several sovereign states, namely the...
east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro and Palawan), and in the south by the Indonesian islands of Borneo, eastern...
Loaita Nan (Mandarin Chinese: 双黄沙洲; pinyin: Shuāng Huáng Shāzhōu) is a shoal in the Loaita Bank of the Spratly Islands. Located at the southwest end of...
The East Sea and Spratly Islands Campaign (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Trường Sa và các đảo trên Biển Đông) was a naval operation which took place during the...
airports in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. Taiping Layang-Layang Yongshu Rancudo Trường Sa Zhubi Meiji The Taiping Island Airport was completed...
and a meteorological observatory. There are 14 platforms in the Spratly Islands, and one (DK1/10) in Ca Mau Shoals off the southwest coast of Vietnam....
are the North Danger Reef to the north, Subi Reef to the west, and the Loaita and Tizard Banks to the south. As the poblacion (administrative center)...
Reef) Eldad Reef (Eldad Reef) Đảo Nam Yết (Namyit) It is neighboured by the Loaita Bank to the North, Discovery Great Reef to the west, and the Union Banks...
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