Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island) - Spratly Islands (sitios de interés)

Descripción del sitio

Int'l Name: Itu Aba Island
Philippine Name: Ligao Island
Chinese Name: ??? Taiping Dao
Vietname Name: ??o Ba Bình

Occupied by Taiwan since 1956.
Area: 46 hectares

The largest of the Spratly islands. Covered with shrubs, coconut and mangroves. 600 soldiers stationed, lighthouse, radio and weather stations, concrete landing jetty and two wells at the SW end. Guano deposits, fringing reef. The now only 1150-meters-long airstrip was completed in January 2008. Pineapple was once cultivated here. Occupied since September 1956, four months after Filipino Tomas Cloma claimed the islands.

Mapa del lugar de interés Itu Aba Island (Taiping Island)

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