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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.
English: Location map of the Spratly Islands relief N-S stretching 102.0004% in SVG file. Geographic limits of the map: ... Fiery Cross Reef; First Thomas Shoal; Flat ...
Erica Reef (Boji Jiao,Enola Reef, Gabriela Silang Reef, Terumbu Siput) F. Fiery Cross Reef; Flat Island (Patag Island) First Thomas Shoal; G. Gabriela Silang Reef (Erica Reef) Gaven Reefs / Gaven North Reef / Gaven South Reef; H. Half Moon Shoal; Hardy Reef (Hubo Reef) Hubo Reef (Hardy Reef) Hughes Reef (Dongmen Reef) I. Investigator Shoal ...
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
“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 ...
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 ...
Higgens Reef (Vietnam) -The flag sandwiched between the flags for Sin Cowe Island (V) and Landsowne Reef (V). Whitson Reef (China) -The flag nearest the Chigua Reef label. Based on the coordinates of Whitson Reef which is 10°00'N 114°43'E, it should lie there. Kennan Reef (China) -The flag nearest the flag for Johnson South Reef (C).
Johnson South Reef, part of the Union Banks sunken atoll, is located 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Fiery Cross Reef. Johnson South Reef is close to Sin Cowe Island (also in the Union Banks) which was occupied by Vietnam, and within the 200-nautical-mile Economic Exclusion Zone of the Philippines – a high profile and highly disputed area. [13]