Nanxun Jiao
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Spratly Islands | |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 12 '26 " N , 114 ° 13' 27" E | |
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| surface | 18 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 1.9 m | |
Gaven Reefs ( Chinese 南薰礁 , Pinyin Gaven Reefs , Tagalog Burgos ), along with Xiao Gaven Reefs ( Chinese 小南薰礁 , Pinyin xiǎo Gaven Reefs ), also Gaven Reefs ( Gaven Reef North and Gaven Reef South ) or Vietnamese Dja Ga Ven and called Đá Lạc , are two coral reefs in the Tizard Bank (Zhenghe Qunjiao, Chinese 郑 和 群 礁 ) of the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea .
geography
The reefs mark the southwest end of the Tizard Bank atoll .
The larger northern reef with its roughly diamond-shaped floor plan has an area of 86 hectares and in some parts protrudes 1.2 meters above the water level. A large boulder is 1.9 meters high. This reef also features a two meter high sand dune called Gaven Island . The smaller southern reef, also known colloquially as Xinan Jiao ( Chinese chines 礁 ), has an area of 67 hectares and in some places reaches a height of one meter.
Nanxun Jiao has its own quayside facilities as well as some structures (stilt houses) of the Chinese Navy , which are permanently manned and armed with anti- aircraft guns and artillery . There are also extensive search radar and radio systems. Extensive land reclamation began in March 2014. In the meantime an island with an area of about 0.18 km² has been raised,
administration
The reefs are controlled by the People's Republic of China and administered as part of the city of Sansha in Hainan Province . The Philippines , Vietnam and the Republic of China are laying claim to the reefs as part of the territorial conflicts in the South China Sea .
In March 2011, China Mobile connected Nanxun Jiao and the surrounding sea area to the Chinese cell phone network.
The Nanxun Jiao Incident
The Nanxun Jiao Incident happened just before November 7, 1990. That day, the Nansha High Command of the Chinese People's Navy lost radio contact with the Marines stationed on Nanxun-Jiao. The crew of a patrol boat that reached the island shortly afterwards found five of the eleven soldiers stationed on Nanxun Jiao at that time shot dead and found that the other six were missing no trace. Chinese firearms were also seized. The case has not yet been resolved. The media suspected that it was either a provocation of a special unit of the Vietnamese Navy or an internal dispute that had escalated. The fallen marines who were buried at sea on site are now remembered as “martyrs” of the People's Navy.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marius Gjetnes: The Legal Regime of Islands in the South China Sea. Oslo, Master's Thesis 2000 ( Memento from January 31, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), p. 89
- ↑ Inclined aerial view with attachments
- ↑ 游弋 南中国海 的 视觉 日记 —— 南沙 守 礁 部队 掠影.解放军 画报, November 3, 2007, accessed April 20, 2015 (Chinese).