swap_horiz Second Thomas Shoal Alternatives

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Nantucket Shoals

Nantucket Shoals is a system of shallow sandbars south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, historically one of the most...

Historic Offshore Atlantic Massachusetts

8.4 Great

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Scarborough Shoal

Scarborough Shoal is a disputed ring-shaped coral reef in the South China Sea claimed by China, the Philippines, and Tai...

Atoll South China Sea Disputed Shoal

8.4 Great

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Mischief Reef

A Spratly Islands reef where China began constructing military facilities in 1995, later expanding it into a large artif...

Reef Submerged Disputed Shoal

8.2 Great

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Cortez Bank

Cortez Bank is a submerged seamount in the Pacific Ocean roughly 160 km southwest of San Diego, California, renowned for...

California Pacific Offshore Shoal

8.1 Great

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Macclesfield Bank

Macclesfield Bank is a large submerged atoll in the South China Sea, claimed by China and Taiwan among others, and admin...

Reef Offshore Bank South China Sea

7.8 Good

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Serranilla Bank

A shallow Caribbean bank administered by Colombia under a permanent naval garrison, also claimed by the United States, H...

Reef Caribbean Bank Disputed

7.6 Good

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Sabina Shoal

A shoal in the South China Sea near Palawan, Philippines, that became a recurring flashpoint of Philippine-Chinese coast...

Offshore Submerged Disputed Shoal

7.5 Good

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Bajo Nuevo Bank

A remote coral atoll in the Caribbean Sea claimed by Colombia, Nicaragua, and the United States, with Colombia administe...

Reef Caribbean Bank Disputed

7.5 Good

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Quita Sueño Bank

A largely submerged Caribbean bank disputed by Colombia and the United States until the US formally relinquished its cla...

Reef Caribbean Offshore Bank

7.0 Good

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Dogger North Shoal

A shoal on the northern edge of the Dogger Bank in the central North Sea, a vast submarine plateau that formed part of t...

Tidal Offshore North Sea Shoal

6.9 Fair

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James Shoal

A submerged reef in the South China Sea claimed by China as its southernmost territory, lying about 80 km off the coast...

Offshore South China Sea Submerged Disputed

6.9 Fair

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Louisa Reef

A reef in the southern Spratly Islands of the South China Sea claimed by Malaysia, Brunei, and China, with Malaysia oper...

Reef Offshore South China Sea Disputed

6.8 Fair

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Misteriosa Bank

A remote submerged bank in the western Caribbean Sea administered by Cuba, historically noted for disorienting navigator...

Reef Caribbean Offshore Bank

6.7 Fair

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Royal Charlotte Bank

A submerged bank in the South China Sea within the broader Spratly Islands region, claimed by multiple states including...

Offshore Bank Malaysia South China Sea

6.6 Fair

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Dudgeon Shoal

A shoal off the Norfolk coast in the southern North Sea near the Dudgeon area, which lent its name to the Dudgeon offsho...

Norfolk Tidal Offshore North Sea

6.3 Fair

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St. George Shoals

St. George Shoals is a shallow offshore bank in the Gulf of Maine off Massachusetts, used as a commercial fishing ground...

Florida Barrier Offshore Gulf

6.3 Fair

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Les Ridens

A sandbank group off Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, known as Les Ridens de Boulogne, forming a prominent shoal system in the...

France Tidal Offshore Shoal

6.2 Fair

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Broadstairs Knoll

A sandbank off Broadstairs, Kent, near the North Foreland headland, which marks the southern entrance to the Thames Estu...

Kent Tidal Offshore North Sea

5.7 Mediocre

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Docking Shoal

A shoal in the southern North Sea off the Norfolk coast near the village of Docking, England, charted as a navigational...

Norfolk Tidal Offshore North Sea

5.4 Mediocre

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Rough Shoals

A group of shoals in the southern North Sea off the Suffolk coast, part of the extensive system of offshore sandbanks st...

Tidal Offshore Fort North Sea

5.3 Mediocre