Ardasier Reef (7°37′19″N113°51′39″E / 7.62194°N 113.86083°E / 7.62194; 113.86083), also known as Malay: Terumbu Ubi, lit. 'Yam Reef'; Antonio Luna Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Antonio Luna); Vietnamese: đá Kiêu Ngựa; Mandarin Chinese: 光星仔礁; pinyin: Guāngxīngzǐ Jiāo, is a triangular shaped feature on the SW extremity of Dangerous Ground in the Spratly Islands.[1]
It lies 26 km NNE of Swallow Reef, and 9 km east of Dallas Reef, with the large Ardasier Bank extending 69 km ENE. Ardasier Bank, a sunken atoll except for drying Ardasier Reef at its southwestern end, has a total area of 2347 km2, and its former lagoon is up to 65 metres deep.[2]
Ardasier Reef is steep-to, except on its eastern side where it adjoins the Ardasier Bank. Its huge areas of sandy patches have an abundance of shy Guitar Sharks, Eagle Rays, Giant Reef Rays and other intriguing bottom dwelling creatures that bury themselves in the sand.
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 Uniform", since 1986.[3] The Filipino name is named after Philippine revolutionary general, Antonio Luna.
^Table showing Atoll Area, Depth and Rainfall[permanent dead link], ftp://rock.geosociety.org
^Joshua Ho; Sam Bateman (15 February 2013). Maritime Challenges and Priorities in Asia: Implications for Regional Security. Routledge. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-1-136-29820-2.
ArdasierReef (7°37′19″N 113°51′39″E / 7.62194°N 113.86083°E / 7.62194; 113.86083), also known as Malay: Terumbu Ubi, lit. 'Yam Reef'; Antonio Luna...
east of the ArdasierReef and Investigator Shoal, 117.9 miles (189.7 km) NE of Swallow Reef and 167.1 miles (268.9 km) SE of Cuarteron Reef. The rock has...
submerged coral reefs. Note that, according PRC, in the Spratly Islands area, the definition of "island" is applied very liberally to reefs and artificial...
the South China Sea. Composed of islands, islets, cays, and more than 100 reefs, sometimes grouped in submerged old atolls, the archipelago lies off the...
dive resort. The Malaysian military also occupies ArdasierReef (Terumbu Ubi), and Mariveles Reef (Terumbu Mantanani). Malaysia's claims are based upon...
and encloses a lagoon ~15m deep. It is 9 km west of ArdasierReef, and 26 km north of Swallow Reef. As with all of the Spratly Islands, the ownership of...
island and one reef, Malaysia occupies and/or controls one artificial island and five reefs, and PRC occupies and/or controls eight reefs. Also, the Philippines...
the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia. The disputes involve the islands, reefs, banks, and other features of the region, including the Spratly Islands...
South China Sea Islands consist of over 250 islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs and seamounts in the South China Sea. The islands are mostly low and small...
clusters of mostly small uninhabited islands, islets (cays and shoals), reefs/atolls and seamounts numbering in the hundreds, are subject to competing...
Cross Reef, Mischief Reef and Subi Reef. Aside from geo-political tensions, concerns have been raised about the environmental impact on fragile reef ecosystems...
Station Lima (Swallow Reef) 1986 Station Uniform (ArdasierReef) 1986 Station Mike (Mariveles Reef) 1999 Station Sierra (Erica Reef) 1999 Station Papa (Investigator...
(London) and Sean O'Connor (Indiana) (20 Nov 2014). "China building airstrip-capable island on Fiery Cross Reef". IHS Jane's 360. Jane's Defence Weekly....
island subsides, the coral fringing reef becomes a barrier reef that is detached from the island. Eventually, reef and the small coral islets on top of...
raise their flag over the smaller cays and reefs of An Bang (Amboyna Cay), Sin Cowe East and Pearson Reef (Hon Sap). In 1976, following the unification...
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