The Spratly Islands are a group of islands and more than 100 reefs in the South China Sea.
Located off the coasts of the Philippines, Malaysia, and southern Vietnam, the islands are named after the 19th-century British whaling captain Richard Spratly who sighted Spratly Island in 1843.
Ibang Tawag sa Spratlys
Chinese: 南沙群岛 (Nánshā Qúndǎo)
Malay: Kepulauan Spratly
Tagalog: Kapuluan ng Kalayaan
Vietnamese: Quần đảo Trường Sa
Spratly Island is the fourth largest of the naturally occurring Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, and the largest of the Vietnamese-administered Spratly islands. It is also claimed by China and Taiwan.
Ibang Tawag sa Mismong Spratly
Storm Island
Vietnamese: Đảo Trường Sa
Chinese: 南威島 (pinyin: Nánwēi dǎo)
