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Hughes Reef
Reef in the South China Sea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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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)
Loveless Reef
Gent Reef
Sinh Tồn (Sin Cowe Island)
Edmund Reef
McKennan Reef
Dōngmén Jiāo (Hughes Reef)
Hallet Reef
Holiday Reef
Empire 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)
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