Collins Reef

Collins Reef

Disputed reef
Collins Reef
Collins Reef
Other names	Johnson North Reef Đá Cô Lin (Vietnamese) Roxas Reef (Philippine English) Bahura ng Roxas (Filipino) 鬼喊礁 Guǐhǎn Jiāo (Chinese)
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	09°46′26″N 114°15′20″E / 9.77389°N 114.25556°E / 9.77389; 114.25556
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
Vietnam
District	Trường Sa District
Commune	Sinh Tồn Commune
Claimed by
China
Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam

Collins Reef, also known as Johnson North Reef/Johnson Reef North; Vietnamese: Đá Cô Lin; Roxas Reef (Tagalog: Bahura ng Roxas); Mandarin Chinese: 鬼喊礁; pinyin: Guǐhǎn Jiāo, is a Vietnamese occupied and controlled reef and the westernmost feature of Union Banks Atoll near the centre of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly islands in the South China Sea.^[1] It is also claimed by China (PRC), Taiwan (ROC), and the Philippines.

Location

Collins Reef lies at 9°46′26″N 114°15′20″E / 9.7738889°N 114.2555556°E / 9.7738889; 114.2555556 (9°46′26″N 114°15′20″E / 9.7738889°N 114.2555556°E / 9.7738889; 114.2555556), to the northwest of Johnson South Reef, at the southwestern corner of the Union Banks.^[2]

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)

References

External links

• Maritime Transparency Initiative Island Tracker

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