Money Island, Paracel Islands
16°26′52″N 111°30′30″E / 16.44778°N 111.50833°E
Money Island[1] (Chinese: 金银岛; lit. 'money island'; Vietnamese: Đảo Quang Ảnh[2]) is the southwesternmost island in the Crescent Group of the Paracel Islands archipelago. It rises to a height of 6 metres and is covered with brush.[3] At the eastern side of the island lies an extensive reef, which contains a central lagoon, but the reef is mostly submerged at high tide. Inside the lagoon, the open areas range in depth from 7 to 20 metres (23 to 66 ft). The sand cay at the southeastern extremity of reef is the reef's highest point. The channel between Money Island's reef and Antelope Reef is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide.[3] The reef continues around to the north side of the island. There is a small reef on the south side with a man-made channel cut through it to the beach.
Money Island was named after
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References
- ^ "Money Island (Approved)" Money Island, Paracel Islands at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ "The Indisputable Sovereignty of Viet Nam over the Paracel Islands" Archived May 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Published online in Vietnamese on January 30th, 2011, by the National Committee for Border Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, translated by Nguyễn Trịnh Đôn, Southeast Asian Sea Research Foundation
- ^ OCLC 50280301
- ^ "MONEY, William Taylor (1769-1834), of Walthamstow, Essex. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ Sơn Hồng Đức. "Thử khảo-sát về Quần-đảo Hoàng-sa". Sử Địa XX, 29, 1975. pp 190-2
- ^ "Hình ảnh nhà trên đảo Quang Ảnh do TQ xây cho ngư dân nghỉ ngơi" ("Photo Money Island Fisherman's Rest built by China") Trung tâm Dữ liệu Hoàng Sa (Data Center for Paracel Islands)