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Discovery Great Reef

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 / 10.06167; 113.85167 (Discovery Great Reef)
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
Vietnam
District	Trường Sa District
Commune	Sinh Tồn Commune
Claimed by
China
Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam

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).

See also

• Spratly Islands dispute

References

1. (in Vietnamese)Mai Thanh Hai (May 5, 2018). "Đá Lớn đã lớn". Thanh Niên. 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. 10–. ISBN 978-1-897643-18-1.
3. "Discovery Great Reef". cil.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

External links

• Maritime Transparency Initiative Island Tracker

v t e Spratly Islands
Confrontations	Southwest Cay incident (1975) East Sea Campaign (1975) Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)
Regions	Dangerous Ground Loaita Bank London Reefs North Danger Reef Reed Tablemount Tizard Bank Union Banks
Occupied features	Brunei Louisa Reef China Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Mischief Reef Subi Reef Malaysia Ardasier Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef Philippines Commodore Reef Flat Island Irving Reef Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island Taiwan Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef Vietnam Alison Reef Amboyna Cay Barque Canada Reef Bombay Castle Central London Reef Collins Reef Cornwallis South Reef Discovery Great Reef East London Reef Grierson Reef Ladd Reef Lansdowne Reef Namyit Island Pearson Reef Petley Reef Sand Cay Sin Cowe Island South Reef Southwest Cay Spratly Island Tennent Reef West London Reef
Unoccupied features	First Thomas Shoal Half Moon Shoal Luconia Shoals Northeast Investigator Shoal Royal Captain Shoal Sabina Shoal Third Thomas Shoal Western Reef Whitsun Reef
Related articles	Spratly Islands dispute Free Territory of Freedomland "Great Wall of Sand" List of airports in the Spratly Islands List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands Philippines and the Spratly Islands Republic of Morac-Songhrati-Meads Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Nine-dash line

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