Terumbu Semarang Barat Kecil
| Terumbu Semarang Barat Kecil (Louisa Reef) |
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| Waters | South China Sea | |
| Archipelago | Spratly Islands | |
| Geographical location | 6 ° 20 ' N , 113 ° 14' E | |
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| Highest elevation | 1 m | |
 also includes Rifleman Bank |
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Terumbu Semarang Barat Kecil ( English Louisa Reef ) is a coral reef in the southern part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea . Terumbu Semarang Barat Kecil literally means Small Western Semarang Reef . Accordingly, there is also a Great Western Semarang Reef , Terumbu Semarang Barat Besar ( English Royal Charlotte Reef ) further to the southwest.
geography
The reef is located 205 kilometers off the northeast coast of the state of Sabah at the headland Tanjung Baram and over 210 kilometers off the northwest coast of Brunei near Kuala Belait . It is around 1,800 meters long from east to west and 1,000 meters wide, and protrudes about a meter from the water at high tide.
The island in the Spratly conflict
The Louisa Reef is also claimed by several nations within the Spratly Islands conflict . It falls into the Exclusive Economic Zone of Brunei.
Malaysia refers to the continental shelf argument (Shelf of Sabah and Sarawak) or the 200-mile zone in its legal claims. It claims a total of 12 southern Spratly Islands and currently has six islands or reefs occupied ( Ardasier Reef , Dallas Reef , Erica Reef , Investigator Shoal, Mariveles Reef and Swallow Reef ). The legal claims are well secured by the Convention on the Law of the Sea . Malaysia has a modernly equipped navy (10 missile frigates ).
In 1988, China set up a stone marker on the island, which was immediately removed from Malaysia. Malaysia operates a beacon on the island .
Malaysia apparently gave up its claim in favor of Brunei around 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Malaysia’s Sovereignty Claim Based on Continental Reef Principle ; Accessed January 16, 2012
- ↑ Asri Salleh, Che Hamdan Che Mohd Razali, Kamaruzaman Jusoff: Malayisa's policy towards its 1963-2008 territorial disputes. Journal of Law and Conflict Resolution, 2009, pp. 107-116 ( Memento of the original from September 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , here p. 113. In addition to the 11 reefs listed here, there are also the Luconia Shoals, which are located southwest of the Spratly Islands.
- ^ The race of the Southeast Asian states for the Spratly Islands ; Accessed January 16, 2012
- ^ J. Ashley Roach: South China Sea: Facts and Legal Aspects: Malaysia and Brunei: An Analysis of their Claims in the South China Sea . Seas Research. August 14, 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
- ↑ In the official gazetteer as of December 31, 2012, Terumbu Semarang Barat Kecil is still listed as part of the Daerah Kota Kinabalu : Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara (PDF; 805 kB), United States Navy Publication 163, Chapter 11, 2002; Accessed January 16, 2012
- List of the names of all Spratly features known to be occupied and / or above water at low tide ; Accessed January 16, 2012
- Map with Louisa Reef in the Brunei Exclusive Economic Zone
- LANDSAT image at ESRI (to scale)
