Amboyna Cay, Rifleman Bank, Barque Canada Reef, Spratly Islands
Rifleman Bank is a set of reefs that are submerged, but have multiple, permanent infrastructure elements to land helicoptors.
At the Southwestern tip of Rifleman Bank we see a pair of infrastructure connected by a bridge. Location: 7°32'02"N 111°32’57”E. One looks like a helipad. Date of satellite photo: May 1, 2018. North of that location at the top of the reef, we see another pair of infrastructure, and at the time there was a ship just south of this location 7°52'30"N 111°44’41"E. We have a third pair of infrastructure in the middle and on the east side of the reef.
Location: 7°42'11"N 111°45’08"E.
I wonder who is installing these dual pods in the water?
Grainger Bank
Just East of Alexandra Bank we see Grainger Bank, a.k.a., Qua Duong (Vietnamese) which is not visible in Google Earth, but there is a picture of an oil / gas rig in the description in Google Earth. According to a news article in e.vnexpress.net, Vietnam is building a series of rigs around Vanguard, Alexandra and Grainger banks and conducting oil and gas exploration activities. Vietnam claims this area as being within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and is also claimed by the PRC.
Satellite imagery: 05/1/2020. The buildings have rectangles on the roof, which are either solar panels or open roofs. Poor focus on this image. Location: 7°53'29"N 112°55'16"E. Length of the development is 0.1 miles, and including the sandy bit to the South, 0.14 miles. This is a very small island that looks to have a about 15 buildings atop each other. It almost looks deserted to us.
This island is located 262 miles from Miri, Malaysia.
Barque Canada Reef has a pair of infrastructure and a ship at the northern end, and a slightly cleared path through the coral reef out to sea. 5/12/2020 photo. Location: 8°16'06"N 113°21'26"E. Two more infrastructure found. The northern tip at location 8°04'34"N 113°13’37"E. The middle, west side, near a channel through the reef. Location: 8°09'12"N 113°17’01”E. Date 4/5/2019.
According to Radio Free Asia, here, this reef will look vastly different as there has been a large land reclamation effort underway.
Name 1
Nearest Land
Distance from Land (miles)
Location (latitude & longitude)
Diameter (miles)
Date of Satellite Imagery
Airport Present?
Helipad Present?
Port / Dock Facility Present?
Buildings Present?
Defensive Infrastructure Present?
Athletic Facilities Present?
Hospital Present?
Sand Only Island?
Dredging Infrastructure Only?
Spratly Islands
Amboyna Cay
Malaysia
262
7°53'29"N 112°55'16"E
0.1
5/1/2020
No
Yes
Yes (small)
Yes
Not sure
No
No
No
No
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