Southwest Cay
Southwest Cay, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo Song Tử Tây; Pugad Island; Mandarin Chinese: 南子島/南子岛; pinyin: Nánzi Dǎo, is an island on the northwestern edge of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
- Type: Islet
- Description: island of Spratly Islands, that is under Vietnam control
- Also known as: “Invasjonen av Southwest Cay”, “Nanzi Island”, “Pugad Island”, “Song Tử Tây”, “Song Tử Tây, Trường Sa”, “Xã Song Tử Tây”, “南子礁”, and “雙子西”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Northeast Cay.
Northeast Cay
Islet
Northeast Cay, also known as Parola Island, with a land area of 12.7 hectares, is the fifth largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands and the third largest of the Philippine-occupied islands. Northeast Cay is situated 3½ km northeast of Southwest Cay.
Southwest Cay
- Categories: island, disputed territory, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.42884° or 11° 25′ 44″ north
Longitude
114.33127° or 114° 19′ 53″ east
Open location code
7P3PC8HJ+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Southwest Cay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “南子岛”
- Chinese: “南子島”
- Dutch: “Southwest Cay”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Song Tu Taj”
- French: “Caye Southwest”
- French: “Southwest Cay”
- Japanese: “サウスウエスト島”
- Macedonian: “Југозападен Гребен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Southwest Cay”
- Norwegian: “Southwest Cay”
- Spanish: “Cayo Suroeste”
- Tagalog: “Pulo ng Pugad”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Song Tử Tây”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Song Tu Tay Island Hospital and Sân vận động Song Tử Tây.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Sovereignty Monument and Song Tu Tay Naval Command Headquarters.
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