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Grierson Reef/Sin Cowe East Island

Disputed island
Grierson Reef
Grierson Reef/Sin Cowe East Island
Other names	Sinh Tồn Đông (Vietnamese) Julian Felipe Reef(Philippine English) Pulo ng Julian Felipe (Filipino) 染青沙洲 Rǎnqīng shāzhōu (Chinese)
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	9°54′9″N 114°33′51″E / 9.90250°N 114.56417°E / 9.90250; 114.56417 (Grierson Reef)
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
Vietnam
District	Trường Sa District
Commune	Sinh Tồn Commune
Claimed by
China
Philippines
Taiwan

Grierson Reef (Filipino: Pulo ng Julian Felipe); Sin Cowe East Island (Vietnamese: Đảo Sinh Tồn Đông); Mandarin Chinese: 染青沙洲; pinyin: Rǎnqīng shāzhōu, is a cay on the eastern part of the Union Banks of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The island has been occupied by Vietnam since 1978. It is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC).

See also

• Spratly Islands dispute

References

1. (in Vietnamese)Mai Thanh Hai (May 19, 2018). "Sinh Tồn Đông, đảo tuyến đầu của quần đảo Trường Sa". Thanh Niên. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
2. D. J. Hancox; John Robert Victor Prescott (1995). A Geographical Description of the Spratly Islands and an Account of Hydrographic Surveys Amongst Those Islands. IBRU. pp. 11–. ISBN 978-1-897643-18-1.
3. "Grierson Reef". cil.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

External links

• Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative Island Tracker

v t e Spratly Islands
Confrontations	Southwest Cay incident (1975) East Sea Campaign (1975) Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)
Regions	Dangerous Ground Loaita Bank London Reefs North Danger Reef Reed Tablemount Tizard Bank Union Banks
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	First Thomas Shoal Half Moon Shoal Luconia Shoals Northeast Investigator Shoal Royal Captain Shoal Sabina Shoal Third Thomas Shoal Western Reef Whitsun Reef
Related articles	Spratly Islands dispute Free Territory of Freedomland "Great Wall of Sand" List of airports in the Spratly Islands List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands Philippines and the Spratly Islands Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Nine-dash line

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