Disputed: | yes |
Mariveles Reef | |
Type: | atoll |
Other Names: | Terumbu Mantanani (Malay) Bahura ng Mariveles (Filipino) Đá Kỳ Vân (Vietnamese) 南海礁 Nánhǎi Jiāo (Chinese) |
Pushpin Map: | Spratly Islands relief |
Location: | South China Sea |
Coordinates: | 7.9939°N 113.895°W |
Archipelago: | Spratly Islands |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country Admin Divisions: | Sabah |
Country1 Admin Divisions Title: | City |
Country1 Admin Divisions: | Sansha, Hainan |
Country2 Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Country2 Admin Divisions: | Sabah |
Country3 Admin Divisions Title: | Municipality |
Country3 Admin Divisions: | Kalayaan, Palawan |
Country4 Admin Divisions Title: | Municipality |
Country4 Admin Divisions: | Cijin District, Kaohsiung |
Country5 Admin Divisions Title: | District |
Country5 Admin Divisions: | Trường Sa District, Khánh Hòa |
Mariveles Reef (Malay: '''Terumbu Mantanani'''|lit=; Filipino; Pilipino: Bahura ng Mariveles|lit=; Vietnamese: đá Kỳ Vân; Mandarin), is located in the SW of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands.[1] It is slightly east of north from Swallow Reef and southeast of Barque Canada Reef.[2]
It dries at high tide enclosing two large lagoons in a figure of eight formation with a sand cay between them. This small cay, 1.5–2 m high, and some isolated rocks are just visible at high water.
It is one of the areas in the Spratly Islands occupied by Malaysia. The Royal Malaysian Navy has maintained an "offshore naval station" there called "Station Mike" since 1986.[3] The atoll is also claimed by the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), the Philippines, and Vietnam.