Disputed: | yes |
Third Thomas Shoal | |
Type: | reef |
Pushpin Map: | Spratly Islands relief |
Location: | South China Sea |
Coordinates: | 10.91°N 115.91°W |
Archipelago: | Spratly Islands |
Third Thomas Shoal, known as Banko Thomas in the Philippines, Bãi Đồng Cam in Vietnam, and 和平暗沙 in China, is a reef in the north-west of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
It is located north of Flat island, and north of Mischief Reef.
The reef is one of three martnamed after Thomas Gilbert, the captain of the Charlotte:
9.3167°N 171°W, South of the Second Thomas Shoal.[1] | ||
9.7333°N 167°W, South East of Mischief Reef. | ||
| 10.9°N 171°W, North East of Flat Island - some distance N of the Second Thomas Shoal.[2] |