coordinates

中国の新華社通信は捜索に参加している中国軍機が白色の四角形の漂流物を発見したと報じました。機体の一部であればよいのですが...。

Report: Chinese plane spots 'suspicious objects' in search for Flight 370

The crew of a Chinese plane searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has spotted "suspicious objects" in the southern Indian Ocean, China's official news agency Xinhua reported Monday.

A reporter for the agency on board the plane said the search team saw "two relatively big floating objects with many white smaller ones scattered within a radius of several kilometers," Xinhua reported.

The Chinese plane has passed on the coordinates of the objects to Australian authorities, which are overseeing search efforts in the area, as well as to a Chinese icebreaker in the region, Xinhua said in its report.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said on Twitter that the reported objects are in the search area and that attempts will be made to relocate them.

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/24/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

coordinatesは複数となっているところからも分かるように「座標」（緯度、経度）のことです。発見した地点をオーストラリア当局へと伝えたということでしょう。（iPhoneからのtry UG）