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Dallas Reef

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Location
  
South China Sea

Length
  
7,000 m

Archipelago
  
Spratly Islands

Municipality
  
Cijin, Kaohsiung

Width
  
2,000 m

Dallas Reef photoswikimapiaorgp0002010141bigjpg

Municipalities
  
Qijin District, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung City

Dallas Reef (7°38′N 113°48′E), also known as Guangxing Jiao and Nan Chiao (Chinese: 光星礁) in China, Terumbu Laya in Malaysia, đá Suối Cát in Vietnam and Rajah Matanda in the Philippines, lies on the SW extremity of Dangerous Ground (South China Sea) in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea.

Map of Dallas Reef

It is approximately 7km long and 2km wide, and encloses a lagoon ~15m deep. It is 9km west of Ardasier Reef, and 26km north of Swallow Reef.

As with all of the Spratly Islands, the ownership of the atoll is disputed. It is controlled by Malaysia, and claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan) and Vietnam.

References

Dallas Reef Wikipedia