Cuarteron Reef

Cuarteron Reef
Disputed reef
Cuarteron Reef
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Location of the major islands in Sansha administrative area of PRC.

Legend：
Black：α – Yongxing Island (Woody Island) (seat of Sansha)
Red：β – Chigua Reef (Johnson South Reef)
Green：γ – Dongmen Reef (Hughes Reef)
Yellow：δ – Huangyan Island (Scarborough Shoal)
Red：ε – Huayang Reef (Cuarteron Reef)
Blue：ζ – Meiji Reef (Mischief Reef)
Blue：η – Nanxun Reef (Gaven Reefs)
Black：θ – Zhongjian Island (Triton Island)
Green：κ – Yongshu Reef (Fiery Cross Reef)

Purple：λ – Zhubi Reef (Subi Reef)
Cuarteron Reef is located in Spratly Islands
Cuarteron Reef
Cuarteron Reef
Other names
華陽礁/华阳礁 Huáyáng Jiāo (Chinese)
Bahura ng Calderon (Filipino)
Calderon Reef (Philippine English)
Đá Châu Viên (Vietnamese)
Terumbu Kalderon (Malay)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates8°51′50″N 112°49′40″E / 8.86389°N 112.82778°E / 8.86389; 112.82778
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
ProvinceHainan
CitySansha
Claimed by
 China
 Philippines
 Taiwan
 Vietnam
Satellite image as of October 2020.

Cuarteron Reef, also known as Calderon Reef (Mandarin Chinese: 華陽礁/华阳礁; pinyin: Huáyáng Jiāo; Filipino: Bahura ng Calderon; Vietnamese: Đá Châu Viên; Malay: Terumbu Kalderon), is a reef at the east end of the London Reefs in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea. It is occupied and controlled by China (PRC) (as part of Sansha), and also claimed by the Philippines (as part of Kalayaan), by Vietnam (as part of Truong Sa) and Taiwan (ROC). The reef is 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) long and has an area of 8 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi) (800 hectares (2,000 acres)).[1]

  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. IBRU. pp. 14–. ISBN 978-1-897643-18-1.