Scarborough Shoal

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Etymology

Named after the East India Company ship Scarborough.

Proper noun

Scarborough Shoal

  1. A shoal in the South China Sea
    Synonyms: (Philippines) Panatag Shoal, (Philippines) Bajo de Masinloc, (from Chinese) Huangyan Dao
    • 2017 March 17, Christopher Bodeen, “China plans 1st structure on disputed South China Sea shoal”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 12 August 2022:
      The top official in Sansha City that has administered China’s island claims since 2012 was quoted by the official Hainan Daily newspaper as saying that preparations were underway to build an environmental monitoring station on Scarborough Shoal off the northwestern Philippines.

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