Irving Reef

Irving Reef, also known as Balagtas Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Balagtas; Mandarin Chinese: 火艾礁; pinyin: Huǒ'ài Jiāo, Vietnamese: đá Cá Nhám), is a coral atoll in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea. It is occupied by the Philippines as part of Kalayaan, Palawan,^[1][2] and is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.

Irving Reef

Disputed atoll
Irving Reef
Irving Reef
Other names	Balagtas Reef (Philippine English) Bahura ng Balagtas (Filipino) đá Đá Nhám (Vietnamese) 火艾礁 Huǒ'ài Jiāo (Chinese)
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	10°52′N 114°55′E
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
Philippines
Region	IV-B - MIMAROPA
Province	Palawan
Municipality	Kalayaan
Claimed by
China
Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam

The atoll is 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southwest of West York Island. It is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) in length.^[3] There is a sand cay near the northern extremity.^[4]

References

1. "Smart maintains GSM service on Pag-asa Is". The Philippine Star. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
2. Esplanada, Jerry (2011-06-06). "Manila's claim in Spratlys within West Philippine Sea". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
3. D. J. Hancox, John Robert Victor Prescott, A Geographical Description of the Spratly Islands and an Account of Hydrographic Surveys Amongst Those Islands (International Boundaries Research Unit, 1995, ISBN 978-1897643181, p. 7. Excerpts available at Google Books.
4. Sailing Directions 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand (13 ed.). Bethesda, Maryland: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2011. p. 10.