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This article is about the island in the South China Sea. For the islet in the Caribbean Sea, see Serrana Bank.
"Pugad Island" redirects here. For the island in Manila Bay, see Pugad Island (Bulacan).
Southwest Cay
Disputed island
Southwest Cay
Southwest Cay
Other names
Đảo Song Tử Tây (Vietnamese) Pugad Island (Philippine English) Pulo ng Pugad (Filipino) 南子島 / 南子岛 Nánzi Dǎo (Chinese)
Southwest Cay, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo Song Tử Tây; Pugad Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Pugad, lit. 'Island of Nest'); Mandarin Chinese: 南子島/南子岛; pinyin: Nánzi Dǎo, is an island on the northwestern edge of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is part of the atoll North Danger Reef, and just 1.75 miles (2.82 km) southwest of Northeast Cay. With an area of 12 hectares (30 acres), it is the sixth largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands, and the second largest of the Vietnamese-occupied islands. Southwest Cay has the archipelago's highest point, at 4 meters above sea level. It was once a breeding place for birds, and was covered with trees and guano; export of guano had been carried out "on a considerable scale".[1]
The island is also claimed by China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and the Philippines.
^"Digital Gazetteer of Spratly Islands". Archived from the original on 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2008-03-22.
SouthwestCay, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo Song Tử Tây; Pugad Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Pugad, lit. 'Island of Nest'); Mandarin Chinese: 南子島/南子岛; pinyin:...
(Northeast Cay), Kota (Loaita Island, Lawak (Nanshan Island), and Pugad (SouthwestCay). Two small islands, Patag (Flat Island) and Panata (Lankiam Cay), were...
Herald Cays, SouthwestCay (4 km Southwest of Northeast Cay, encircled by a reef of 2 by 2 km, total area 3 km2, land area 0.188 km2) Lihou Reef and Cays (largest...
Dangerous Ground. It is 1.75 miles (2.82 km) north of Vietnamese-occupied SouthwestCay (Tagalog: Pugad), and they are visible from each other. It is located...
disputed archipelago in the South China Sea. Composed of islands, islets, cays, and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, the...
built milestones of sovereignty on SouthwestCay and Northeast Cay. In 1970, the Philippine Navy occupied SouthwestCay. In 1975, the Republic of Vietnam...
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...
(Magat Salamat Reef) Pugad Island (SouthwestCay) R Recto Bank / Reed Bank / Reed Tablemount S Sabina Shoal Sand Cay Second Thomas Reef / Second Thomas...
a group of islands and associated "maritime features" (reefs, banks, and cays etc.) located in the South China Sea. The dispute is characterized by diplomatic...
Morac-Songhrati-Meads Free Territory of Freedomland Confrontations SouthwestCay incident (1975) East Sea Campaign (1975) Johnson South Reef skirmish...
Buddhists monks Victory Northeast Cay incident (1968) South Vietnam Philippines Defeat Capture of Northeast Cay and SouthwestCay in Spratly Islands by Philippines...
several archipelago clusters of mostly small uninhabited islands, islets (cays and shoals), reefs/atolls and seamounts numbering in the hundreds, are subject...
Upgrades and land reclamation were performed at Vietnamese-controlled Sand Cay between August 2011 and February 2015 8 April – China has been transforming...
island to accommodate various military aircraft. On the Vietnam occupied Sand Cay and West Reef islands, upgrades and land reclamation projects were also started...
occupied by Malaysia. The islands are all of a similar nature; they are cays (or keys) – sand islands formed on old degraded and submerged coral reefs...
about 80 km south and southwest of Jamaica, rising steeply from a seabed of 800 metres depth. It slopes gently from the Pedro Cays to the west and north...
Cay and Green Turtle Cay, with its settlement of New Plymouth, Great Guana Cay, private Scotland Cay, Man-O-War Cay, and Elbow Cay, with its settlement...
Cay Sal Bank (Spanish: Placer de los Roques) is the third largest (after Great Bahama Bank and Little Bahama Bank) and the westernmost of the Bahama Banks...
Cay Sal (Spanish: Cayo de Sal) is a small island in the Cay Sal Bank between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas. It is no longer inhabited. The Bahamas have...
Morac-Songhrati-Meads Free Territory of Freedomland Confrontations SouthwestCay incident (1975) East Sea Campaign (1975) Johnson South Reef skirmish...
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