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Line 45: Part of the [[Tizard Bank]],<ref name=Gazetter>{{cite web | title = Digital Gazetter of Spratly Islands | url = http://www.southchinasea.org/macand/gazetteer.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-22 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100827072842/http://southchinasea.org/macand/gazetteer.htm | archivedate = 2010-08-27 }}</ref> Sand Cay lies {{convert|6.2|nmi}} east of [[Taiping Island|Itu Aba Island]], which is occupied by Taiwan. It is {{convert|450|m}} long, {{convert|102|m}} wide, and has an elevation of {{convert|3.5|m}} to {{convert|3.8|m}} at [[low tide]].<ref name="vnnavy">{{in lang|vi}}{{cite book |title=Những điều cần biết về hai quần đảo Hoàng Sa, Trường Sa và khu vực thềm lục địa phía nam [What you need to know about Paracel Islands, Spratly Islands and southern continental shelf] |year=2011 |publisher=Political Department, Naval Command (Vietnam)}}</ref> There is a {{convert|41|m}} high light house on the islet.<ref>{{in lang|vi}}{{cite news |title=Kí sự Trường Sa - kì 3: Nơi anh đến là biển xa... |author=Phạm Thanh Hà; Lưu Phương Mai |url=http://www.nhandan.org.vn/phongsu/ky-su/item/16372202-.html |publisher=Nhân dân online |date=May 9, 2011 |accessdate=March 22, 2013}}</ref> Sand Cay is commonly confused with Sandy Cay which is a sandy [[shoal]] ([[coral reef]]) near [[Thitu Island]]. In 2022, news reports indicated that the Vietnamese government was engaged in dredging and landfill operations to expand the size of Sand Cay, [[Namyit Island]], and [[Pearson Reef]]. The total area of the land reclaimed in ==Ecology== | |||