Cuarteron Reef

Cuarteron Reef

Disputed reef
Cuarteron Reef
Yongxing Huangyan Huayang Meiji Zhongjian Island Yongshu Zhubi class=notpageimage| Location of the major islands in Sansha Legend： Black：Yongxing Island (seat of Sansha) Red：Chigua Reef Green：Dongmen Reef Yellow：Huangyan Island Red：Huayang Reef Blue：Meiji Reef Blue：Nanxun Reef Black：Zhongjian Island Green：Yongshu Reef Purple：Zhubi 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
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	8°51′50″N 112°49′40″E / 8.86389°N 112.82778°E / 8.86389; 112.82778
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
China
Province	Hainan
City	Sansha
Claimed by
China
Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam

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]