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Hughes Reef

Disputed reef
Hughes Reef
Hughes Reef
Other names	東門礁 / 东门礁 Dōngmén Jiāo (Chinese) đá Tư Nghĩa (Vietnamese)
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	9°55′N 114°30′E / 9.917°N 114.500°E / 9.917; 114.500
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
China
Province	Hainan
City	Sansha
Claimed by
China
Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam

Hughes Reef ( Mandarin Chinese: 東門礁/东门礁; pinyin: Dōngmén Jiāo, Vietnamese: đá Tư Nghĩa) is a reef in Union Banks in the Spratly group of islands, South China Sea claimed by the PRC (China), the ROC (Taiwan), the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam. It is only above water at low tide. ^[1]

The PRC has reclaimed land on the reef, bringing its area to 7.6 hectares, and occupied the reef. ^[2] The reef has a lighthouse ^[3] on top of a two storied defence outpost. ^[4]

Geographical features

On 12 July 2016, the tribunal of the Permanent Court of Arbitration concluded that Hughes Reef is, or in its natural condition was, exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide and, accordingly, its low-tide elevations do not generate an entitlement to a territorial sea, exclusive economic zone or continental shelf. ^[5]

Military development

In late 2016, photographs emerged which suggested that Hughes Reef has been armed with anti-aircraft weapons and a CIWS missile-defence system. ^[6]

Chigua Jiao (Johnson South Reef)

Đá Cô Lin
(Collins Reef,
Johnson North Reef)

Loveless Reef

Gent Reef

Sinh Tồn (Sin Cowe Island)

Edmund Reef

McKennan Reef

Dōngmén Jiāo (Hughes Reef)

Hallet Reef

Holiday Reef

Empire Reef

Whitson Reef

Ross Reef

Sinh Tồn Đông (Grierson Reef/ Sin Cowe East Island)

Bamford Reef

Tetley Reef

unknown Reef

Jones Reef

Higgens Reef

Đá Len Đao (Landsdowne Reef)

See also

• Great wall of sand
• Nine-dotted line

References

External links

• Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative Island Tracker