Loaita Bank

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  Lourdes (guest)

  Kota Island 10°40′N 114°25′E, also known as Loaita Island, with an area of 6.45 hectares (15.9 acres), is the tenth largest of the Spratly Islands, and the fifth largest of the Philippine-sovereign territory occupied islands. It is located just to the west of the northern part of Dangerous Ground, and is 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Philippine-territory Pagasa Island and 22 miles (35 km) north-northeast of Ligao Island. The island is administered by the Philippines as part of municipality of Kalayaan, in the province of Palawan. Kota is a Philippine word for a fort. In 2016, in a ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the case brought by the Philippines against China, the tribunal classified Itu Aba as a "rock" under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and is therefore not entitled to a 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

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