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Récif de Fiery Cross; Modèle:Géolocalisation/Îles Spratleys; Modèle:Géolocalisation/Îles Spratleys/Documentation; Usage on ms.wikipedia.org Modul:Peta lokasi/data/Kepulauan Spratly; Modul:Peta lokasi/data/Kepulauan Spratly/doc; Usage on si.wikipedia.org Module:Location map/data/Spratly Islands relief; Module:Location map/data/Spratly ...
'Reef of Valor'); Vietnamese: Đá Chữ Thập, is a militarized reef occupied and controlled by China (PRC) as part of Sansha of Hainan Province [2] and is also claimed by the Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), the Philippines and Vietnam. The atoll was named after the British tea clipper Fiery Cross, which was wrecked on the atoll on 4 March 1860.
The Spratly Islands A geographic map of Spratly Islands [a] In 1939, the Spratly Islands were coral islets mostly inhabited by seabirds. [ 2 ] Despite the Spratly Islands naturally consisting of 19 islands (see below) , according to a Chinese 1986 source, the Spratly Islands consist of 14 islands or islets, 6 banks, 113 submerged reefs, 35 ...
This changed dramatically in 2014 with the PRC embarking on large-scale reclamations of the lagoons of Johnson South Reef (~10ha) and Fiery Cross Reef (~230ha), and other reclamations of then unknown extent at the Gaven Reefs and Cuarteron Reef. [1]
“Since early 2018, we have seen the PRC steadily equip its Spratly Island outposts — including Mischief Reef, Subi Reef, and Fiery Cross — with an increasing array of military capabilities ...
"China has already created very enormous South China Sea military bases on the three islands surrounding Taiping - Subi Reef, Fiery Cross Reef and Mischief Reef - and these are all quite close to ...
Other parts of the Spratly Islands which are not inside Dangerous Ground include: 1.41 – 1.43 West of Dangerous Ground Fiery Cross Reef, London Reefs, Spratly Island; 1.44 – 1.48 South West and South of Dangerous Ground Amboyna Cay, Southwest Bank, Rifleman Bank, Swallow Reef
A new flying squadron and maritime resuce and administration staff will be stationed on the Fiery Cross, Subi and Mischief reefs, China's three biggest man-made islands in the Spratlys, state ...