Hughes Reef

Hughes Reef
Disputed reef
Hughes Reef
Hughes Reef is located in Spratly Islands
Hughes Reef
Hughes Reef
Other names
東門礁 / 东门礁 Dōngmén Jiāo (Chinese)
đá Tư Nghĩa (Vietnamese)
Geography
LocationSouth China Sea
Coordinates9°55′N 114°30′E / 9.917°N 114.500°E / 9.917; 114.500
ArchipelagoSpratly Islands
Administration
ProvinceHainan
CitySansha
Claimed by

Hughes Reef (Mandarin Chinese: 東門礁/东门礁; pinyin: Dōngmén Jiāo, Vietnamese: đá Tư Nghĩa) is a reef in Union Banks in the Spratly group of islands, South China Sea claimed by the PRC (China), the ROC (Taiwan), the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam. It is only above water at low tide.[1]

The PRC has reclaimed land on the reef, bringing its area to 7.6 hectares, and occupied the reef.[2] The reef has a lighthouse[3] on top of a two storied defence outpost.[4]

  1. ^ "Digital Gazetteer of the Spratly Islands". www.southchinasea.org. 19 August 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Hughes reef tracker". Center for Strategic and International Studies. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  3. ^ Rowlett, Russ (15 November 2013). "Lighthouses of the Spratly Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Photo : Hughes reef outpost and lighthouse". Panoromio. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2014.