South Reef

South Reef
Disputed reef;
	South Reef
	South Reef
Other names	; Đá Nam (Vietnamese); Timog Reef (Philippine English); Bahura ng Timog (Filipino); 奈羅礁 Nàiluó jiāo (Chinese)
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	11°23′14″N 114°17′55″E / 11.38722°N 114.29861°E / 11.38722; 114.29861 (South Reef)
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Administration
	Vietnam
District	Trường Sa District
Commune	Song Tử Tây Commune
Claimed by
	China
	Philippines
	Taiwan
	Vietnam

South Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Timog); Nam Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Nam); Mandarin Chinese: 奈羅礁; pinyin: Nàiluó jiāo, is a reef on the southern part of the North Danger Reef of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The reef has been occupied by Vietnam since 1988. It is also claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC).^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ (in Vietnamese)"Đảo Đá Nam (Trường Sa): Sống, gìn giữ đảo như thế nào?". December 30, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
^ D. J. Hancox; John Robert Victor Prescott (1995). A Geographical Description of the Spratly Islands and an Account of Hydrographic Surveys Amongst Those Islands. IBRU. p. 4. ISBN 978-1-897643-18-1.
^ "South Reef". cil.nus.edu.sg. Retrieved 30 November 2022.