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Pearson Reef
Pearson Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Hizon, Chinese: 毕生礁; pinyin: Bìshēng jiāo), called Phan Vinh Island (Vietnamese: đảo Phan Vinh) in Vietnam, is an atoll of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The atoll has been occupied by Vietnam since 1978. It is claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC). With land reclaimed from the sea, by 2025 the total area of the islands will be 117 hectares (290 acres). Phan Vinh A: 0.61 km² and Phan Vinh B: 0.56 km².
Pearson Reef is about 9 km long and about 1.8 km wide and in the middle there is an enclosed lagoon 3 to 6 metres (9.8 to 19.7 ft) deep. The total area of this coral reef is 14.75 square kilometres (5.70 sq mi), of which the area of the reef is 2.72 square kilometres (1.05 sq mi).
To the northeast of Pearson Reef is a floating island, named Phan Vinh Island (đảo Phan Vinh), formerly known as Hon Sap Island (Đảo Hòn Sập) in Vietnam. The island has an annular shape. It has a length of 290 metres (950 ft), a width of 140 metres (460 ft) and lies on a 4.9 nautical miles (9.1 km; 5.6 mi) long coral reef that also follows the northeast-southwest axis. The island has a natural area of about 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres). The island belongs to the Spratly cluster (cụm Trường Sa) of the Spratly Island and is located about 14.5 nautical miles (26.9 km; 16.7 mi) northwest of Alison Reef (Toc Tan Reef, đá Tốc Tan). In October 2021, Vietnam started dredging and expanding the accretion at 3 features: Phan Vinh Island, Namyit Island and Sand Cay Island. According to images taken by the Sentinel-2 satellite (ESA), by June 2023, Phan Vinh Island has been expanded with an area of about 50 hectares (120 acres) of floating land, 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) long and 600 metres (2,000 ft) wide with a lock in the middle of the island.
At the southwest corner of this reef, there is a smaller island called Phan Vinh B Island (đảo Phan Vinh B) located to the west about 3.3 nautical miles (6.1 km; 3.8 mi) west-southwest of Phan Vinh Island, with coordinates 8°57′33″N 113°39′12″E. On Phan Vinh B Islet, there are 3 durable houses (built many years ago) that are linked together by a wide concrete road and have a helipad for helicopters to take off and land in case of rescue missions.
Phan Vinh Island does not have a fresh water source, but there are some green trees such as putat, beach casuarina, bayhops, portia tree, banyan, etc.
On Phan Vinh Island, there are ways of civil works such as wind and solar power systems, cultural houses, clinics, etc.
There is a religious establishment on the island, Vinh Phuc Pagoda (chùa Vinh Phúc).
Vietnam has built Radar Station 44 (T44) on Phan Vinh Island, which can be observed within a radius of 300 kilometres (190 mi) of the entire Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
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Pearson Reef
Pearson Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Hizon, Chinese: 毕生礁; pinyin: Bìshēng jiāo), called Phan Vinh Island (Vietnamese: đảo Phan Vinh) in Vietnam, is an atoll of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The atoll has been occupied by Vietnam since 1978. It is claimed by China (PRC), the Philippines, Vietnam, and Taiwan (ROC). With land reclaimed from the sea, by 2025 the total area of the islands will be 117 hectares (290 acres). Phan Vinh A: 0.61 km² and Phan Vinh B: 0.56 km².
Pearson Reef is about 9 km long and about 1.8 km wide and in the middle there is an enclosed lagoon 3 to 6 metres (9.8 to 19.7 ft) deep. The total area of this coral reef is 14.75 square kilometres (5.70 sq mi), of which the area of the reef is 2.72 square kilometres (1.05 sq mi).
To the northeast of Pearson Reef is a floating island, named Phan Vinh Island (đảo Phan Vinh), formerly known as Hon Sap Island (Đảo Hòn Sập) in Vietnam. The island has an annular shape. It has a length of 290 metres (950 ft), a width of 140 metres (460 ft) and lies on a 4.9 nautical miles (9.1 km; 5.6 mi) long coral reef that also follows the northeast-southwest axis. The island has a natural area of about 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres). The island belongs to the Spratly cluster (cụm Trường Sa) of the Spratly Island and is located about 14.5 nautical miles (26.9 km; 16.7 mi) northwest of Alison Reef (Toc Tan Reef, đá Tốc Tan). In October 2021, Vietnam started dredging and expanding the accretion at 3 features: Phan Vinh Island, Namyit Island and Sand Cay Island. According to images taken by the Sentinel-2 satellite (ESA), by June 2023, Phan Vinh Island has been expanded with an area of about 50 hectares (120 acres) of floating land, 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) long and 600 metres (2,000 ft) wide with a lock in the middle of the island.
At the southwest corner of this reef, there is a smaller island called Phan Vinh B Island (đảo Phan Vinh B) located to the west about 3.3 nautical miles (6.1 km; 3.8 mi) west-southwest of Phan Vinh Island, with coordinates 8°57′33″N 113°39′12″E. On Phan Vinh B Islet, there are 3 durable houses (built many years ago) that are linked together by a wide concrete road and have a helipad for helicopters to take off and land in case of rescue missions.
Phan Vinh Island does not have a fresh water source, but there are some green trees such as putat, beach casuarina, bayhops, portia tree, banyan, etc.
On Phan Vinh Island, there are ways of civil works such as wind and solar power systems, cultural houses, clinics, etc.
There is a religious establishment on the island, Vinh Phuc Pagoda (chùa Vinh Phúc).
Vietnam has built Radar Station 44 (T44) on Phan Vinh Island, which can be observed within a radius of 300 kilometres (190 mi) of the entire Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.
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