Loaita Nan

Shoal in Loaita Bank of Spratly Islands

10°42′1″N 114°19′1″E / 10.70028°N 114.31694°E / 10.70028; 114.31694 (Loaita Cay)ArchipelagoSpratly IslandsAdministration

Philippines

RegionIV-B - MIMAROPAProvincePalawanMunicipality KalayaanClaimed by

China

CitySansha, Hainan

Philippines

MunicipalityKalayaan, Palawan

Taiwan^[1]

Municipality
DistrictKaohsiung
Cijin

Vietnam

District Trường Sa, Khánh Hòa

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 Daoming Reefs, it is composed of coral reefs. It is claimed by the government of China, Taiwan and the Philippines. Loaita Cay is northeast of Loaita Nan.

History

Chinese fishermen has described Loaita Nan as "double yellows".^[2] In 1983, The Chinese government announced that the Chinese name of the shoal is Shuanghuang Shazhou.^[3]

Environment

The sandbar looks like two egg yolks at low tide, hence its name. The length at high tide is 0.25 km (0.16 mi), the length of the reef is 2km, the width at high tide is 60m, the width of the Loaita Nan is 1.1 km (0.68 mi), the shallow water depth is 5.4–9 m (18–30 ft), and the central deep water is 20.1 m (66 ft).^[4]

References

^ "Peace in the South China Sea, National Territory Secure Forever: Position Paper on ROC South Clina Sea Policy" (PDF). ROC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "双黄沙洲". www.unanhai.com. Archived from the original on 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
^ 广东地名委员会 (1987-03-01). 《南海诸岛地名资料汇编》. 广东地图出版社. p. 56. ISBN 9787805220239.
^ 高俊国,刘宝银 (2009). 《南沙群岛空间融合信息分析与示警：群礁发育、军事区位、警示系统》. 海洋出版社. pp. 40–41. ISBN 9787502773083.

Spratly Islands

Confrontations

Regions

Occupied features

Brunei	Louisa Reef
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 Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island
Taiwan	Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef
Vietnam	Alison Reef Amboyna Cay Barque Canada Reef Bombay Castle Central London Reef Collins Reef Cornwallis South Reef Discovery Great Reef East London Reef Grierson Reef Ladd Reef Lansdowne Reef Namyit Island Pearson Reef Petley Reef Sand Cay Sin Cowe Island South Reef Southwest Cay Spratly Island Tennent Reef West London Reef

Unoccupied features

South China Sea

Pratas Island

Pratas Island
North Vereker Bank
South Vereker Bank

Paracel Islands

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

Northeastern SCS

Spratly Islands

Dangerous
Ground

NW	North Danger Reef Northeast Cay Southwest Cay Thitu Reefs Thitu Island Subi Reef Loaita Bank Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Tizard Bank Gaven Reefs Namyit Island Sand Cay Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef NNW Irving Reef West York Island WNW Western Reef
NE	Flat Island Nanshan Island Reed Tablemount 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