Vanguard Bank
Vanguard Bank is a group of submerged coral reefs southwest of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. It includes steel structures installed by Vietnamese authorities called DK1 platforms and assigned DK1 Battalion under the 2nd Regional Command to control and maintain the lighthouse.- Reef
- Description: submerged feature in the South China Sea that hosts three Vietnamese outposts
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Latitude
7.44766° or 7° 26′ 52″ north
Longitude
109.68338° or 109° 41′ 0″ east
Open location code
6PVFCMXM+39
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = reef
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Vanguard Bank” goes by many names.
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