East London Reef

East London Reef
Disputed atoll
East London Reef
East London Reef is located in Spratly Islands
East London Reef
East London Reef
Other names
Đá Đông (Vietnamese)
East Quezon Reef(Philippine English)
Bahura ng Silangang Quezon (Filipino)
东礁 Dōng jiāo (Chinese)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates8°49′42″N 112°35′48″E / 8.82833°N 112.59667°E / 8.82833; 112.59667 (East London Reef)
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Total islands3 (Da Dong A, B, C Islets)
Administration
DistrictTrường Sa District
TownshipTrường Sa Township
Claimed by

East London Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Silangang Quezon); East Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Đông); Mandarin Chinese: 东礁; pinyin: Dōng jiāo, is a atoll on the eastern part of the London Reefs of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The atoll has been occupied by Vietnam since 1987. It is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC).[1][2][3]

  1. ^ (in Vietnamese)"Trường Sa và CQ-88 - Những tháng ngày lịch sử". March 14, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "East Reef". cil.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 27 November 2022.