Royal Captain Shoal

Royal Captain Shoal, Spratly Islands

Royal Captain Shoal
Disputed island Other names: Jiangzhang Ansha
Geography

Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	9°01′N 116°40′E / 9.017°N 116.667°E / 9.017; 116.667Coordinates: 9°01′N 116°40′E / 9.017°N 116.667°E / 9.017; 116.667
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Claimed by
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Royal Captain shoal (Chinese: Jiangzhang Ansha) is a shoal in the South China sea and a part of Spratly islands. It is located in the vicinity of North East Investigator Shoal and Half Moon Shoal, in an area of the South China Sea termed Dangerous Ground.^[1]

History and Etymology

The shoal is named after the East India company ship Royal Captain, that ran aground in the vicinity of this shoal in 1773. The ship was subsequently wrecked and lost.^[2]

Location and topography

Spread over an area of 8 square kilometres, Royal Captain shoal is centered at 9°01’N 116°40’E near the Palawan passage, and is located between North East Investigator Shoal to the north, and Half Moon Shoal to the South.^[3] It lies off the coast of Palawan, Philippines and consists of a few rocks that are above water at low tide and is surrounded by a lagoon.^[4] The shoal lies 16 nautical miles southeast from Northeast Investigator shoal. The rocks in the shoal dry at 1.2 metres, the lagoon has depths of up to 31 metres and contains a number of coral heads.^[1]

Named features in this shoal include Observation rock (at the northern tipoff the shoal) that shows at half tide. The shoal can only be entered at high water.^[5]

References

1 2 Hancox, D.J.; Prescott, John Robert (1995). A geographical description of Spratly islands (Volume 1, Number 6 ed.). Durham, UK: IBRU (International Boundaries Research Unit). p. 39. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Poling, Gregory (26 July 2013). The South China Sea in focus (1 ed.). Washington DC: Centre for Strategic and International Studies / Rowman and Littlefield. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ United States Coast Pilot - Philippine islands (Volume 2). USA: US Coast and geodetic Survey. 2001. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Rosenberg, David (19 August 2011). Digital Gazetter of the South China Sea. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
↑ Mccarthy, Terry (8 March 1999). Reef wars. New York: Time. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Spratly Islands

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 Louisa Reef Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef

Philippines	Thitu Island West York Island Northeast Cay Nanshan Island Loaita Island Flat Island Lankiam Cay Irving Reef Second Thomas Shoal

Taiwan	Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef

Vietnam	Spratly Island Southwest Cay Sin Cowe Island Sand Cay Namyit Island Amboyna Cay Collins Reef Ladd Reef Cornwallis South Reef

Unoccupied features

South China Sea

Island groups, reefs, and undersea atolls	Bombay Reef Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Johnson South Reef Skirmish Macclesfield Bank Mischief Reef Money Island Paracel Islands Battle of the Paracel Islands Robert Island Rocky Island Scarborough Shoal Scarborough Shoal standoff Spratly Islands Spratly Islands dispute Subi Reef Tree Island Triton Island Walker Shoal West Sand Woody Island Yagong Island Zhongsha Islands

See also	Sansha List of administrative divisions of Hainan

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