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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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]
The mean tidewater over land area is approximately 49 hectares (120 acres), and during low sea tides the water reefs and land area is 98 hectares (250 acres), 4–6 metres (13' to 20') above sea level. Since Taiping island is a coral island, the surface includes fine sand and coral reefs formed by weathering.
Vietnam has been ramping up its dredging and landfill work in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, creating another 330 acres of land since December last year, a U.S. think tank said in a ...