sandbank

The Chinese coastguard has seized a tiny sandbank in the South China Sea, state media has reported, in an escalation of a regional dispute with the Philippines.

In a 2019 police interview played to the court he told officers he was trying to reach a sandbank, according to reports by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The ship which grounded on a sandbank near Sheerness, Kent in World War Two is decaying.

A stranded ship could remain stuck on a sandbank for several days after getting "caught out" while making a turn.

On a recent morning, Salas brushed dirt away from a palm-sized rock grinding tool that he found protruding from a sandbank.