Fiery Cross Reef

Fiery Cross Reef

Former reef, now an artificial island which is part of the Spratly Islands

Fiery Cross Reef, also known as "Northwest Investigator Reef", Mandarin Chinese: 永暑礁; pinyin: Yǒngshǔ Jiāo; Kagitingan Reef ; Vietnamese: Đá Chữ Thập, is a militarized reef controlled and administered by China (PRC) as part of Sansha of Hainan Province and is also claimed by the Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), the Philippines and Vietnam.

Also known as...Yongshu Island, Fiery Cross Island, and Northwest Investigator Reef