Discovery Great Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Paredes); Lớn Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Lớn); Mandarin Chinese: 大现礁; pinyin: Dàxiàn jiāo, is a reef on the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The reef has been occupied by Vietnam since 1988. It is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC).[1][2][3]
| Disputed reef | |
|---|---|
 Discovery Great Reef in 2023 | |
  Discovery Great Reef | |
| Other names | Đá Lớn (Vietnamese) Paredes Reef (Philippine English) Bahura ng Paredes(Filipino) 大现礁 Dàxiàn jiāo (Chinese) |
| Geography | |
| Location | South China Sea |
| Coordinates | 10°3′42″N 113°51′6″E / 10.06167°N 113.85167°E |
| Archipelago | Spratly Islands |
| Administration | |
| District | Trường Sa District |
| Commune | Sinh Tồn Commune |
| Claimed by | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ (in Vietnamese)Mai Thanh Hai (May 5, 2018). "Đá Lớn đã lớn". Thanh Niên. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
- ^ 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. 10–. ISBN 978-1-897643-18-1.
- ^ "Discovery Great Reef". cil.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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