page_title: Southwest Cay
hierarchical_section_title: Southwest Cay
caption_attribution_description: English: Nautical chart of islands, atolls, and reefs in the South China Sea: North Danger (atoll), Thitu Islands and Reefs (atoll, reef) and Subi Reef, Loita Island and Reefs (atoll), Tizard Bank (atoll)
context_page_description: Southwest Cay is an islet on the northwestern edge of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is part of the atoll North Danger Reef, and just 1.75 miles southwest of Northeast Cay. With an area of 12 hectares, it is the sixth largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands, and the second largest of the Vietnamese-occupied islands. Southwest Cay has the archipelago's highest point, at 4 meters above sea level. It was once a breeding place for birds, and was covered with trees and guano; export of guano had been carried out "on a considerable scale".
  The island is also claimed by China, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
context_section_description: Southwest Cay (11°25′46″N 114°19′53″E) (Vietnamese: Đảo Song Tử Tây; Chinese: 南子岛; pinyin: Nánzǐ Dǎo; Tagalog: Pugad) is an islet on the northwestern edge of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It is part of the atoll North Danger Reef, and just 1.75 miles (2.82 km) southwest of Northeast Cay. With an area of 12 hectares (30 acres), it is the sixth largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands, and the second largest of the Vietnamese-occupied islands. Southwest Cay has the archipelago's highest point, at 4 meters above sea level.  It was once a breeding place for birds, and was covered with trees and guano; export of guano had been carried out "on a considerable scale".
  The island is also claimed by China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and the Philippines.
caption: Nautical chart (1911)
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