Английская Википедия:Bombay Castle (South China Sea)

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Map of the Spratly Islands showing Bombay Castle and Rifleman Bank

Bombay Castle, also known in Шаблон:Lang-vi; Mandarin Шаблон:Zh;[1] Abad Santos Shoal (Шаблон:Lang-tl), is a reef with a lighthouse in the Rifleman Bank of the southern Spratly Islands. It is occupied by Vietnam,[2] but also claimed by China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC).

Location and topography

Bombay Castle consists of a submerged reef located between Шаблон:Coord and Шаблон:Coord (between Шаблон:Coord and Шаблон:Coord) at the northern end of Rifleman Bank.[3][4] At its shallowest point, it has a depth of Шаблон:Convert consisting of sand and coral.[5] It is Шаблон:Convert east of Huyền Trân (Alexandra Bank) and nearly Шаблон:Convert west of An Bang (Amboyna Cay).[6]

Bombay Castle has a Шаблон:Convert tall lighthouse on steel pilings that was built in 1995. The lighthouse is two storied, with accommodation for the lighthouse keepers and a dish antenna.[7][8]

The reef is named after the East Indiaman Шаблон:Ship.[9]

DK1 rigs

In addition to the lighthouse (DK1/21), three other DK1 rigs ("economic, scientific and technological service stations") have been constructed by Vietnam in this area. The current (2015) cluster has 3 rigs in use.

  • DK1/4: Completed 16 June 1989, was the 2nd DK1 rig completed. It collapsed on the night of 4 December 1990 during a heavy storm.[10]
  • DK1/9: Completed 22 August 1993.[11]
  • DK1/20: Completed 13 August 1998.[12]
  • DK1/21: Completed 19 August 1998. This rig includes a lighthouse.[13]

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:Spratly Islands topics Шаблон:South China Sea