Northeast Investigator Shoal, also known as Dalagang Bukid Shoal ( tl, Kulumpol ng Dalagang Bukid, lit=Cluster of the Field Maiden);

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; vi, Bãi Phù Mỹ, also marked as Investigator Northeast Shoal on some nautical charts, is a shoal in the Spratly group of islands in

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. The submerged coral

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is located 32 nautical miles from at 9° 10' N, 116° 28' E. A small feature with an area of just 2 square kilometres, the shoal has a few rocks at the western edge that are just about visible at high water.

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