Namyit Island, a Vietnam's claimbed Spratly Island by Wolfgang
Schippke, DC3MF  MapNamyit Island is one of the major bases of
the Vietnam claimbed Spratly's. It lies on the southern side of
the Tizard Bank and surrounded by a wide drying reef, fronted by
a submarine coral table.  Namyit Island is about 0.2 miles from
west to easl and about 0.1 mile wide. It reaches on some sand
dunes hights of about 18 to 19 meters. Namyit is composited by
sand and coral and is vegetated by scrubb, bushes and some
trees. It is inhabited by sea birds.  On the island stands
several stony houses, a number of radio towers and a concrete
observation tower, 22 meters in elevation, repurted in ruines in
1992. The island is inhabited permanently by an unknown number
of Vietnam soldiers and in the deep waters fronting the south
side it is sayed that a submarine base is situated.  Namyit is
sayed to be known and settled by fishermen since the mid of the
8th century. The geographer Lyn Chang Lo of the Ming Daynasty is
sayed to be the fi