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Sin Cowe Island 9°53′7″N 114°19′47″E, also known as Sinh Ton Island[1] (Vietnamese: Đảo Sinh Tồn); Rurok Island (Tagalog: Pulo ng Rurok); Mandarin Chinese: 景宏島/景宏岛; pinyin: Jǐnghóng Dǎo, is an island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. With an area of 8 hectares (20 acres), it is the seventh largest Spratly island and the third largest of those occupied by Vietnam. It has a fringing reef which is above water at low tide.[2]

Sin Cowe Island
Disputed island Other names: Sinh Ton Island Đảo Sinh Tồn (Vietnamese) Rurok Island (Philippine English) Pulo ng Rurok (Filipino) 景宏島 / 景宏岛 Jǐnghóng Dǎo (Chinese)
Sin Cowe Island
Sin Cowe Island
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	09°53′07″N 114°19′47″E
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administered by

Vietnam
District	Trường Sa District, Khánh Hòa
Commune	Sinh Tồn Commune

Claimed by

China


Philippines


Taiwan

Demographics
Population	31^{[citation needed]}

This island has been controlled by Vietnam since 1974, first by South Vietnam's ARVN Navy, followed by the Navy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after 1975. The island is also claimed by China, the Philippines[3] and Taiwan.

It is part of the Union Banks.[4]

Topography and Structures

Sin Cowe island is garrisoned by Vietnamese soldiers. The structures on it include a two-storied government building, anti aircraft guns, artillery and a Vietnamese Sovereignty marker.[5]

There is also a civilian population with a school, children's playground, medical station and wind turbines for electricity generation.[6]

Chigua Jiao (Johnson South Reef)

Đá Cô Lin
(Collins Reef,
Johnson North Reef)

Loveless Reef

Gent Reef

Sinh Tồn (Sin Cowe)

Edmund Reef

McKennan Reef

Dōngmén Jiāo (Hughes Reef)

Hallet Reef

Holiday Reef

Empire Reef

Whitson Reef

Ross Reef

Sinh Tồn Đông (Grierson Reef/ Sin Cowe East)

Bamford Reef

Tetley Reef

unknown Reef

Jones Reef

Higgens Reef

Đá Len Đao (Landsdowne Reef)

References

Valencia, Mark J.; Van Dyke, Jon M.; Ludwig, Noel A. (July 1999). Sharing the Resources of the West Philippine Sea. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. p. 31. ISBN 0824818814. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
Cole, Bernard (1 October 2001). The Great Wall at Sea: China's Navy Enters the Twenty-first Century (First ed.). U.S. Naval Institute Press. p. 207. ISBN 1557502390. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
Rosen, Mark E. (19 August 2014). "A CNA Occasional Paper - Philippine Claims in the South China Sea: A Legal Analysis". South China Sea: Facts and Legal Aspects. CNA Corporation’s Strategic Studies (CSS) division. Retrieved 16 September 2021. The ubiquitous KIG claim by the Philippines carries little legal weight. It stands on the same footing as the nine-dashed-line claim. Also, it was made later than the claims of China, the ROC, and Vietnam.
"Digital Gazetteer of Spratly Islands". www.southchinasea.org. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
"Photos of Sin Cowe island". South sea conversations. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
"The peaceful life on Truong Sa". Vietnam Pictorial. HaNoi-Vietnam: Vietnam News Agency. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2021. Photo caption: Teacher and students at the primary school on Sinh Ton island commune.

External links

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Maritime Transparency Initiative Island Tracker

Spratly Islands

Confrontations

Southwest Cay incident (1975)
East Sea Campaign (1975)
Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)

Regions

Dangerous Ground
Loaita Bank
London Reefs
North Danger Reef
Reed Tablemount
Tizard Bank
Union Banks

Occupied features

Brunei	Louisa Reef
China	Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Mischief Reef Subi Reef
Malaysia	Ardasier Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef
Philippines	Commodore Reef Flat Island Irving Reef Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island
Taiwan	Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef
Vietnam	Alison Reef Amboyna Cay Barque Canada Reef Bombay Castle Central London Reef Collins Reef Cornwallis South Reef Discovery Great Reef East London Reef Grierson Reef Ladd Reef Namyit Island Pearson Reef Petley Reef Sand Cay Sin Cowe Island South Reef Southwest Cay Spratly Island Tennent Reef West London Reef

Unoccupied features

First Thomas Shoal
Half Moon Shoal
Luconia Shoals
Northeast Investigator Shoal
Royal Captain Shoal
Sabina Shoal
Third Thomas Shoal
Western Reef
Whitsun Reef

Spratly Islands dispute
"Great Wall of Sand"
List of airports in the Spratly Islands
List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands
Philippines and the Spratly Islands
Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Nine-dash line

South China Sea

Pratas Island

Pratas Island
North Vereker Bank
South Vereker Bank

Paracel Islands

Amphitrite Group	Rocky Island Tree Island West Sand Woody Island Qilian Yu
Crescent Group	Money Island Robert Island Yagong Island
Other features	Bombay Reef Triton Island

NorthEast SCS

Zhongsha Islands
Macclesfield Bank
- Walker Shoal
Scarborough Shoal

Spratly Islands

List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands
Great Wall of Sand
Royal Malaysian Navy Offshore Bases
Vietnamese DK1 rigs
List of airports in the Spratly Islands

Dangerous
Ground

NW	North Danger Reef Northeast Cay Southwest Cay Thitu Reefs Thitu Island Subi Reef Loaita Bank Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Tizard Bank Gaven Reefs Namyit Island Sand Cay Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef NNW Irving Reef West York Island WNW Western Reef
NE	Flat Island Nanshan Island Reed Tablemount Third Thomas Shoal
SE	Commodore Reef First Thomas Shoal Mischief Reef Sabina Shoal Second Thomas Shoal
SW	Union Banks Collins Reef Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Sin Cowe Island Ardasier Reef Cornwallis South Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef

West

London Reefs
- Central London Reef
- Cuarteron Reef
- East London Reef
- West London Reef
Bombay Castle
Fiery Cross Reef
Ladd Reef
Spratly Island

East

Royal Captain Shoal
Half Moon Shoal

South

Southern SCS

James Shoal
Luconia Shoals

Tudjuh Archipelago

History

Territorial disputes
History of the Spratly Islands
Nine-dash line
Spratly Islands dispute
Philippines and the Spratly Islands
Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)
Southwest Cay incident (1975)
Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)
Scarborough Shoal standoff (2012)
Designation of the West Philippine Sea (2012)
Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff (2014)

Transport

Ships
- Coconut Princess
Airports
- Pratas Is
- Paracel Islands Airports
  - Woody Is
- Spratly Islands Airports
  - Itu Aba
  - Spratly Is
  - Swallow Reef
  - Thitu Is

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[fr] Île Sin Cowe

L'île Sin Cowe, en vietnamien : Đảo Sinh Tồn, est une île située, dans le banc de l'Union, dans les îles Spratleys en mer de Chine méridionale. Il est contrôlé par le Viêt Nam depuis 1974, mais est revendiqué par les Philippines, la Chine et Taïwan.

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References

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