Namyit Island
| Disputed island | |
|---|---|
Namyit Island in 2024 | |
| Other names | Đảo Nam Yết (Vietnamese) Binago Island (Philippine English) Pulo ng Binago (Filipino) 鴻庥島 / 鸿庥岛 Hóngxiū Dǎo (Chinese) |
| Geography | |
| Location | South China Sea |
| Coordinates | 10°10′46″N 114°22′00″E / 10.17944°N 114.36667°E |
| Archipelago | Spratly Islands |
| Administration | |
| District | Trường Sa District |
| Commune | Sinh Tồn Commune |
| Claimed by | |
Namyit Island, also known as Vietnamese: Đảo Nam Yết; Binago Island (Filipino: Pulo ng Binago, lit. 'Island of Changed'); Mandarin Chinese: 鴻庥島/鸿庥岛; pinyin: Hóngxiū Dǎo, is the third-largest island on Tizard Bank in the northwest of the Spratly Islands in South China Sea. With an area of 5.3 hectares (13 acres), it is the twelfth-largest naturally-occurring Spratly island, and the fifth-largest among the Vietnamese-administered islands. The island is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, and Taiwan (ROC).