Irving Reef

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 / 10.86°N 114.92°E
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
	Philippines
Region	IV-B - MIMAROPA
Province	Palawan
Municipality	Kalayaan
Claimed by
	China
	Philippines
	Taiwan
	Vietnam

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.

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

^ "Smart maintains GSM service on Pag-asa Is". The Philippine Star. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
^ Esplanada, Jerry (2011-06-06). "Manila's claim in Spratlys within West Philippine Sea". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
^ 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.
^ Sailing Directions 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand (13 ed.). Bethesda, Maryland: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2011. p. 10.