Gaven Reef

Local name南薰岛
LocationMischief Community, Sansha, China

The Gaven Reefs, also known in Mandarin Chinese: 南薰礁; pinyin: Nánxūn Jiāo and Chinese: 西南礁; pinyin: Xīnán Jiāo; Burgos Reefs; Vietnamese: Đá Ga Ven and Vietnamese: Đá Lạc, is a group of two reefs in the Tizard Bank of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.

They are occupied and controlled by China as part of Sansha, and claimed by Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam. They have a supply platform and a reef fortress.

The northern reef comprises 86 hectares and its highest point is 1.9 meters above sea level. The southern reef comprises 67 ha. Since 2014, north reef has been subject to significant reclamation activities.

Tags CoastIsland
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaven_Reefs

Coordinates 10°12'24.358" N 114°13'26.882" E

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