Irving Reef

Irving ReefDisputed 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 / 10.86; 114.92﻿ (Irving Reef)
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

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1. ^ "Smart maintains GSM service on Pag-asa Is". The Philippine Star. 2011-07-30. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
2. ^ Esplanada, Jerry (2011-06-06). "Manila's claim in Spratlys within West Philippine Sea". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Sailing Directions 161 (Enroute) - South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand (13 ed.). Bethesda, Maryland: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2011. p. 10.

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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

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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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South China Sea

Pratas Island|

* Pratas Island
* North Vereker Bank
* South Vereker Bank

Paracel Islands|

| Amphitrite Group|

* Rocky Island
* Tree Island
* West Sand
* Woody Island
* Qilian Yu

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Crescent Group|

* Money Island
* Robert Island
* Yagong Island

Other features|

* Bombay Reef
* Triton Island

Northeastern SCS|

* Zhongsha Islands
* Macclesfield Bank
* Walker Shoal
* Scarborough Shoal

Spratly Islands|

* List of maritime features in the Spratly Islands
* Great Wall of Sand
* Royal Malaysian Navy Offshore Bases
* Vietnamese DK1 rigs
* List of airports in the Spratly Islands

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Ground|

| NW|

* North Danger Reef
* Northeast Cay
* Southwest Cay
* Thitu Reefs
* Thitu Island
* Subi Reef
* Loaita Bank
* Lankiam Cay
* Loaita Cay
* Loaita Island
* Tizard Bank
* Gaven Reefs
* Namyit Island
* Sand Cay
* Taiping Island
* Zhongzhou Reef
* NNW
* Irving Reef
* West York Island
* WNW
* Western Reef

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NE|

* Flat Island
* Nanshan Island
* Reed Tablemount
* Third Thomas Shoal

SE|

* Commodore Reef
* First Thomas Shoal
* Mischief Reef
* Sabina Shoal
* Second Thomas Shoal

SW|

* Union Banks
* Collins Reef
* Hughes Reef
* Johnson South Reef
* Sin Cowe Island
* Ardasier Reef
* Cornwallis South Reef
* Dallas Reef
* Erica Reef
* Investigator Shoal
* Mariveles Reef

West|

* London Reefs
* Central London Reef
* Cuarteron Reef
* East London Reef
* West London Reef
* Bombay Castle
* Fiery Cross Reef
* Ladd Reef
* Spratly Island

East|

* Royal Captain Shoal
* Half Moon Shoal

South|

* Amboyna Cay
* Louisa Reef
* Swallow Reef

Southeastern SCS|

* Palawan Passage

Southern SCS|

* James Shoal
* Luconia Shoals

Tudjuh Archipelago|

* Natuna Islands
* Anambas Islands
* Badas Islands
* Tambelan Archipelago

History|

* Territorial disputes
* History of the Spratly Islands
* Nine-dash line
* Spratly Islands dispute
* Philippines and the Spratly Islands
* Battle of Leyte Gulf (1944)
* Battle of the Paracel Islands (1974)
* Southwest Cay incident (1975)
* Johnson South Reef skirmish (1988)
* Scarborough Shoal standoff (2012)
* Designation of the West Philippine Sea (2012)
* Hai Yang Shi You 981 standoff (2014)

Transport|

* Ships
* Coconut Princess
* Airports
* Pratas Is
* Paracel Islands Airports
* Woody Is
* Spratly Islands Airports
* Itu Aba
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