شعاب فايري كروس

Fiery Cross Reef
جزيرة متنازع عليها; أسماء أخرى: Northwest Investigator Reef / Yongshu Reef / Kagitingan Reef / Đá Chữ Thập
	Satellite image from 2000m
الجغرافيا
الموقع	South China Sea
الإحداثيات	9°32′57″N 112°53′21″E / 9.54917°N 112.88917°ECoordinates: 9°32′57″N 112°53′21″E / 9.54917°N 112.88917°E
الأرخبيل	Spratly Islands
المساحة	Natural: 0 ha; Reclaimed: 274 ha
يديرها
People's Republic of China
Prefecture-level city	Sansha
يطالب بها
People's Republic of China
Republic of the Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam

Fiery Cross Reef, also known as "Northwest Investigator Reef", Yongshu Island (永暑岛) or Yongshu Reef (永暑礁) by the Chinese,^[2] "Kagitingan Reef" by the Filipinos,^[3] and "Đá Chữ Thập" by the Vietnamese, was a group of three reefs on the western edge of Dangerous Ground in the جزر سپراتلي في بحر الصين الجنوبي. The area is controlled by China (as part of Sansha^[4]) and is also claimed by the الفلپين وتايوان وڤيتنام.

The reef was named after the Fiery Cross, a British Tea Clipper lost there on 4 March 1860 (later its more famous sister ship took the same name). The reef was surveyed by Lieutenant J. W. Reed of the HMS Rifleman, who reported it to be one extensive reef in 1867, and found the apparent wrecks of the Fiery Cross and the Meerschaum.^[5]

Fiery Cross Reef has been occupied by China since 1988 when a UNESCO Marine observation station was built there.^{[بحاجة لمصدر]} In 2014, China commenced reclamation activity in the area, and it has been converted into an artificial island of 2.74 square kilometres (1.06 sq mi).^[1] There were around 200 Chinese troops on the reef in late 2014,^[6] though this number was likely to have increased significantly in 2015 with the addition of support personnel for the new airbase (including 3,125 m-long runway) ^[7] and associated early warning radar site.^{[بحاجة لمصدر]}

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رد البحر

خريطة لجزر سپراتلي تبين السمات الجغرافية المحتلة، وعلم الدولة التي تحتل تلك السمة. All occupied features are placed with flags, including those which are not labeled in the map. Here are all unlabeled features: Ban Than Reef (T) The flag below the flag for Itu Aba Island (T). Higgens Reef (V) The flag sandwiched between the flags for Sin Cowe Island (V) and Landsowne Reef (V). Whitson Reef (C) The flag nearest Chigua Reef label. Based on coordinates of Whitson Reef which is 10°00'N 114°43'E, it should lie there. Kennan Reef (C) The flag nearest the flag for Johnson South Reef (C).