James Shoal

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

James Shoal

1. an underwater shoal (bank) in the South China Sea
   • 1892 November 15, “No. 488-CAPE, EAST INDIES, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA STATIONS”, in The London Gazette‎^[1], number 26345, →OCLC, page 6407:

     (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.

   • 1915, “NORTHWEST COAST OF BORNEO”, in Asiatic Pilot‎^[2], 1st edition, volume V, number 126, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 315:

     James Shoal, with a depth of 12 fathoms and 22 to 30 fathoms around, lies about 25 miles northwest of Acis Shoals, as charted.

   • 2017 December 24, “World's largest amphibious aircraft takes off in China”, in France 24‎^[3], archived from the original on 24 December 2017:

     The aircraft can fly to the southernmost edge of China's territorial claims -- the James Shoal -- in just four hours from the southern city of Sanya, state-owned Global Times reported.

   • 2020 September 15, Edna Tarigan, “Indonesian patrol confronts Chinese ship in economic zone”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on 2020-11-01‎^[5]:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:James Shoal.

Translations

undersea feature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曾母暗沙 (Zēngmǔ Ànshā)

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