Layang Layang
Layang Layang is an island situated 300 km north of the coast of Sabah, in Malaysian Borneo. A part of the disputed Spratly Islands, the island is also claimed by China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines, and is occasionally known in English as Swallow Reef.
- Type: Atoll
- Description: atoll administered by Malaysia
- Also known as: “Celerio Reef”, “Danwan Jiao”, “Hoa Lau”, “Layang-Layang”, “Swallow Island”, “Swallow Reef”, “Tan-wan Chiao”, “라양-라양”, “스왈로우 암초”, and “拉央拉央島”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Layang-Layang Island Airport.
Layang-Layang Island Airport
Aerodrome
Layang-Layang Airport is located on Swallow Reef in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.
Layang Layang
- Categories: atoll and landform
- Location: Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
7.3739° or 7° 22′ 26″ north
Longitude
113.8234° or 113° 49′ 24″ east
IATA airport code
LAC
Open location code
6PVM9RFF+G9
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Layang Layang” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سوالو ريف”
- Asturian: “Petón Swallow”
- Bengali: “লায়াং লায়াং”
- Chinese: “弹丸礁”
- Chinese: “彈丸礁”
- Chinese: “拉央拉央岛”
- French: “Récif Swallow”
- German: “Swallow-Riff”
- German: “Terumbu Layang-Layang”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Layang-Layang”
- Italian: “Scoglio Swallow”
- Japanese: “スワロー礁”
- Korean: “스왈로 암초”
- Malay: “Pulau Layang-layang”
- Malay: “Pulau Layang-Layang”
- Malay: “Terumbu Layang Layang”
- Spanish: “Arrecife Swallow”
- Swedish: “Swallow Reef”
- Vietnamese: “Đá Hoa Lau”
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