Third Thomas Shoal

Third Thomas Shoal
Disputed island
Geography

Location	West Philippine Sea / South China Sea
Coordinates	10°55′N 115°55′E / 10.91°N 115.91°E / 10.91; 115.91Coordinates: 10°55′N 115°55′E / 10.91°N 115.91°E / 10.91; 115.91
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Claimed by

People's Republic of China


Philippines


Republic of China (Taiwan)


Vietnam

Third Thomas Shoal (known as Banko Thomas in the Philippines, Bãi Đồng Cam in Vietnam, and as和平暗沙 in China) is a shoal/atoll in the north-west of the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea / South China Sea. It is located 7.5 nautical miles (13.9 km; 8.6 mi) north of Flat island, and 73 nautical miles (135 km; 84 mi) north of Mischief Reef.

The shoal is one of three named after Thomas Gilbert, the captain of the Charlotte which sailed as a transport ship in the British First Fleet to Australia and subsequently became an East India Company tea clipper.^[1]

First Thomas Shoal	09°19′N 115°56′E / 9.317°N 115.933°E / 9.317; 115.933 (S of the Second Thomas Shoal^[2])
Second Thomas Shoal	09°44′N 115°52′E / 9.733°N 115.867°E / 9.733; 115.867 (SE of Mischief Reef^[2])
Third Thomas Shoal	10°54′N 115°56′E / 10.900°N 115.933°E / 10.900; 115.933 (NE of Flat Island - some distance N of the Second Thomas Shoal^[3])

References

Confrontations

Regions

Occupied features

China	Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Mischief Reef Subi Reef
Malaysia	Ardasier Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef
Philippines	Commodore Reef Flat Island Irving Reef Lankiam Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island
Taiwan	Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef
Vietnam	Amboyna Cay Bombay Castle Collins Reef Cornwallis South Reef Ladd Reef Namyit Island Sand Cay Sin Cowe Island Southwest Cay Spratly Island

Unoccupied features

Amphitrite Group	Rocky Island Tree Island West Sand Woody Island Qilian Yu
Crescent Group	Money Island Robert Island Yagong Island
Other features	Bombay Reef Triton Island

NorthEast SCS

NW	North Danger Reef Northeast Cay Southwest Cay Thitu Reefs Thitu Island Subi Reef Loaita Banks Lankiam Cay Loaita Island Tizard Banks Ban Than Reef Gaven Reefs Itu Aba Namyit Island Sand Cay NNW Irving Reef West York Island WNW Western Reef
NE	Flat Island Nanshan Island Reed Bank Third Thomas Shoal
SE	Commodore Reef First Thomas Shoal Mischief Reef Sabina Shoal Second Thomas Shoal
SW	Union Banks Collins Reef Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Sin Cowe Island Ardasier Reef Cornwallis South Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef

West

East

South

Southern SCS

History

Transport

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