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Gaven Reefs

Gaven Reefs
Disputed reef
Gaven Reefs
Gaven Reefs is located in Spratly Islands
Gaven Reefs
Gaven Reefs
Other names
南薰礁 Nánxūn Jiāo (Chinese)
西南礁 Xīnán Jiāo (Chinese)
Burgos Reefs (Philippine English)
Mga Bahura ng Burgos (Filipino)
Đá Ga Ven (Vietnamese)
Đá Lạc (Vietnamese)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates10°12′30″N 114°13′30″E / 10.20833°N 114.22500°E / 10.20833; 114.22500
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
ProvinceHainan
CitySansha
Claimed by

The Gaven Reefs, also known as the Burgos Reefs (Filipino: Mga Bahura ng Burgos, lit.'Reefs of Burgos'), is a group of two reefs in the Tizard Bank of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The two individual reefs are known as 南薰礁; Nánxūn Jiāo and 西南礁; Xīnán Jiāo in Mandarin, and Đá Ga Ven and Đá Lạc in Vietnamese).

They are occupied and controlled by China (PRC) as part of Sansha, and claimed by Taiwan (ROC), the Philippines and Vietnam. They have a supply platform and a reef fortress.

The northern reef (Nánxūn Jiāo) comprises 86 hectares (210 acres) and its highest point is 1.9 meters (6 feet 3 inches) above sea level. The southern reef (Xīnán Jiāo) comprises 67 ha (170 acres).[1] Since 2014, north reef has been subject to significant reclamation activities.[2]

  1. ^ D. J. Hancox, John Robert Victor Prescott (1995). A Geographical Description of the Spratly Islands and an Account of Hydrographic Surveys Amongst Those Islands, Volume 1. IBRU. Retrieved 2012-07-25.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference reclamation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Nanxun Jiao German Arrecifes Gaven Spanish Récifs de Gaven French ガベン礁 Japanese Đá Ga Ven VI 南薰礁 Chinese

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