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'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.
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]
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
Since then, Beijing has constructed military bases on Subi Reef, Johnson Reef, Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross Reef, fortifying its claims on the chain, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency ...
Calderon Reef: Đá Châu Viên Access channel, breakwaters, multiple support buildings, new helipad, possible radar facility 56: 23: Fiery Cross Reef: Yǒngshǔ Jiāo (永暑礁) Kagitingan Reef: Đá Chữ Thập Airstrip (~3000m), harbor, multiple cement plants, multiple support buildings, piers: 677: 274: Gaven Reefs: Nánxūn Jiāo ...
"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 ...
Alonso Álvarez de Pineda (Spanish:; 1494–1520) was a Spanish conquistador and cartographer who was the first to prove the insularity of the Gulf of Mexico by sailing around its coast. In doing so he created the first map to depict what is now Texas and parts of the Gulf Coast of the United States.
Fiery Cross Reef being transformed by the PRC in May 2015. In 1990, 1994, and 1997, the People's Republic of China released An Atlas of Ancient Maps of China in three volumes. According to Philippine judge Antonio Carpio, no ancient map showed Chinese sovereignty over any territory south of Hainan. [64] [30] [31] [32]