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Hasa Hasa Shoal


Half Moon Shoal 8°52′N 116°16′E / 8.867°N 116.267°E / 8.867; 116.267Coordinates: 8°52′N 116°16′E / 8.867°N 116.267°E / 8.867; 116.267 (Chinese: 半月礁; pinyin: Banyue Jiao ; Tagalog: Hasa Hasa Shoal) is a shoal at the eastern edge of the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. China and the Philippines have competing claims over the shoal. It is located close to North East Investigator Shoal and 100 km from Palawan, Philippines.

The Chinese frigate Dongguan ran aground on the shoal on 11 July 2012.

On 6 May 2014, Philippine police seized 11 Chinese fishermen allegedly poaching sea turtles on board the fishing boat, Qiongqionghai, near the Half Moon Shoal.


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