Irving Reef, also known as Balagtas Reef ( fil, Bahura ng Balagtas;
Mandarin
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, vi, đá Cá Nhám), is a coral
reef in the
Spratly Islands,
South China Sea. It is
occupied
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by the
Philippines as part of
Kalayaan,
Palawan, and is also claimed by the
People's Republic of China, the
Republic of China (Taiwan) and
Vietnam.
The reef is southwest of
West York Island. It is in length.
[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, , p. 7]
Excerpts available
at Google Books. There is a
sand cay
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near the northern extremity.
References
Reefs of the Spratly Islands
Reefs of China
Reefs of the Philippines
Reefs of Taiwan
Reefs of Vietnam
Kalayaan, Palawan
Landforms of Khánh Hòa province
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