Money Island (; vi, Đảo Quang Ảnh) is the southwesternmost island in the Crescent Group of the Paracel Islands archipelago. It rises to a height of 6 metres and is covered with brush.

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, Bethesda, Maryland, At the eastern side of the island lies an extensive reef, which contains a central lagoon, but the reef is mostly submerged at high tide. Inside the lagoon, the open areas range in depth from . The sand cay at the southeastern extremity of reef is the reef's highest point. The channel between Money Island's reef and Antelope Reef is about wide. The reef continues around to the north side of the island. There is a small reef on the south side with a man-made channel cut through it to the beach. Money Island was named after William Taylor Money, the Superintendent of the

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) from 1803-1810. The name was conferred by the British surveyor of the Paracel Islands Captain Daniel Ross. Ross's ship, the Antelope, gave its name to the nearby Antelope Reef. The Chinese names (e.g. Jin Yin Dao for Money Island) are simple translations of the English names. The Vietnamese name Quang Ảnh dates from 1815 when the commander Phạm Quang Ảnh led the expedition to the islands in the reign of Emperor Gia Long. ParacelIslands

Claim to the island, as part of the Paracels, has been made by the Republic of China (

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. While the island is uninhabited, patrols are made by the Navy of the People's Republic of China, who have built a fisherman's rest area there."Hình ảnh nhà trên đảo Quang Ảnh do TQ xây cho ngư dân nghỉ ngơi" ("Photo Money Island Fisherman's Rest built by China")
Trung tâm Dữ liệu Hoàng Sa (Data Center for Paracel Islands) It is believed that the south channel was cut by Chinese naval personnel.

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{{South China Sea Paracel Islands Territorial disputes of the Republic of China Territorial disputes of Vietnam Territorial disputes of China Disputed territories in Asia

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