Swallow Reef and multiple reefs near Malaysia
Swallow Reef is a mature island built on about 10% of an atoll, with an airport, a port, civilian sports, and two navigation channels into a large lagoon. We see additional land developments, with one on this atoll to the NE and another on a nearby atoll which we call Spratly Malaysia 2. These man-made developments are located 183 miles from Malaysia.
Newer imagery:
This atoll is 4.5 miles in diameter, located at 7°23'15"N 113°48'36"E, and we have satellite imagery from 10/17/2023. In the photos below, we see the older island image and the more current one. The runway length, from tip to tail, is 0.73 miles. The island diameter is 0.83 miles. The island also has a helipad, a windmill, and two new aircraft hangers (or at least large buildings) near the runway. We see a diving school on the Northwest of the island, one basketball court, and an interesting inscription on a dirt patch.
Swallow reef is primarily an airport with a parking area for aircraft, potentially a few hangars, with a few buildings, port facilities inside the reef (facing the bay), and the island is set just east of a channel cut through the reef to enter the protected bay. We see a mix of purple, yellow and red buildings. We see a helipad. The two purple buildings appear to be hangars for aircraft, and face a helipad. Finally, we see a dive school on the North-central part of the island.
We see the word “Malaysia” painted on the runway, and we see evidence of a dive school inside the bay. Location: 7°22'20"N 113°50’43”E. There still appeared to be open areas not yet developed.
Moving North by Northeast 16 miles, we find another man-made development we call Spratly Malaysia 2. Satellite imagery 11/12/2018. The rectangular land portion (not the spits of land forming the protected bay, is 0.07 miles long, by 0.03 miles wide. This island is west of the Ardasier Bank by around 6 miles, andeast of Dallas Reef by 7.5 miles.
The second nearby development looks like it was drawn or printed onto the satellite imagery. Not sure why it looks like that, but we document it here. It looks like it is still under development, and is a naval or fishing focused island built around a navigation channel in the reef.
In a line from West to East, we see a line of three formations that are all near Malaysia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and we will review them together. They are Dallas Reef, what we name as Spratly Malaysia 2, and Ardasier Bank.
We did not see any evidence of development or land reclamation in the Ardasier Bank. Satellite imagery is from 2015, and the location is 7°53'11"N 113°55'51"E.
Southwest of Swallow Reef in a line parallel to the Malaysian coast we see the Royal Charlotte Reef and Louisa Reef.
Royal Charlotte Reef looks like it may have two-thirds of its edges close to the surface, and no man-made elements. Location: 6°56'42"N 113°34’42"E
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
Swallow Reef Atoll (plus one nearby island)
Malaysia
183
7°23'15"N 113°48'36"E
0.83
10/17/2023
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Not sure
Yes (one)
Not sure
No
No
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