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Scarborough Shoal

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Etymology

Named after the East India Company ship Scarborough.

Definitions

  1. A shoal in the South China Sea, including South Rock, etc..

    • After Google Maps dropped Scarborough Shoal, a longstanding name taken from a ship that smashed against it in 1784, and described the island as part of the Zhongsha island chain of China, many people in the Philippines complained.

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