James Shoal en · PROPN
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an underwater shoal (bank) in the South China Sea
Chinese ships also regularly patrol off the island of Borneo and near James Shoal east of the Natuna islands, China’s southernmost territorial claim which Malaysia says belongs to it.
2020 September 15, Edna Tarigan, “Indonesian patrol confronts Chinese ship in economic zone”, in AP News, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020:James Shoal, with a depth of 12 fathoms and 22 to 30 fathoms around, lies about 25 miles northwest of Acis Shoals, as charted.
1915, “NORTHWEST COAST OF BORNEO”, in Asiatic Pilot, 1st edition, volume V, number 126, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 315:(1.) Shoal North-West of Acis Shoals. A shoal (James Shoal), with 12 fathoms water on it, and 22 to 31 fathoms around, lies about 25 miles north-west of Acis Shoals, in approximately lat 4° 0'N., long. 112° 18' E.
1892 November 15, “No. 488-CAPE, EAST INDIES, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA STATIONS”, in The London Gazette, number 26345, →OCLC, page 6407:
Translations (2)
yue 曾母暗沙 (undersea feature) · cmn 曾母暗沙 (undersea feature)