Whitsun Reef, also called Whitson Reef, Whitsum Reef or Julian Felipe Reef, is the largest reef of the Union Banks at the northeast edge of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The roughly V-shaped reef covers about 10 square kilometers and is unoccupied, but is claimed by China, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam amid the region's broader territorial disputes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Whitsun Reef, also known as Whitson Reef, Whitsum Reef, and Julian Felipe Reef (Filipino: Bahura ng Julian Felipe; Mandarin Chinese: 牛轭礁; pinyin: Niú è jiāo; Vietnamese: Đá Ba Đầu), is a reef at the northeast extreme limit of the Union Banks in the Spratly Islands of the South China Sea
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