Northeast Investigator Shoal

Disputed atoll
Northeast Investigator Shoal
Other names	Investigator Northeast Shoal Dalagang Bukid Shoal (Philippine English) Buhanginan ng Dalagang Bukid (Filipino) 海口礁 Hǎikǒu Jiāo (Chinese) Bãi Phù Mỹ (Vietnamese)
Geography
Location	South China Sea
Coordinates	9°10′N 116°28′E / 9.167°N 116.467°E / 9.167; 116.467
Archipelago	Spratly Islands
Claimed by
China
Philippines
Taiwan
Vietnam

Northeast Investigator Shoal, also known as Dalagang Bukid Shoal (Filipino: Buhanginan ng Dalagang Bukid, lit. 'Sandbank of the Field Maiden'); Mandarin Chinese: 海口礁; pinyin: Hǎikǒu Jiāo; Vietnamese: Bãi Phù Mỹ, also marked as Investigator Northeast Shoal on some nautical charts, is an atoll in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea.^[1][2]

The submerged coral atoll is located 32 nautical miles (59 km; 37 mi) from Bombay Shoal [zh] at 09°10′N 116°28′E / 9.167°N 116.467°E / 9.167; 116.467 (Northeast Investigator Shoal). A small feature with an area of just 2 square kilometres (0.77 sq mi), the atoll has a few rocks at its western edge that are just visible at high water.^[3]

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Confrontations	Southwest Cay incident (1975) East Sea Campaign (1975) Johnson South Reef Skirmish (1988)
Regions	Dangerous Ground Loaita Bank London Reefs North Danger Reef Reed Tablemount Tizard Bank Union Banks
Occupied features	Brunei Louisa Reef China Cuarteron Reef Fiery Cross Reef Gaven Reefs Hughes Reef Johnson South Reef Mischief Reef Subi Reef Malaysia Ardasier Reef Dallas Reef Erica Reef Investigator Shoal Mariveles Reef Swallow Reef Philippines Commodore Reef Flat Island Irving Reef Lankiam Cay Loaita Cay Loaita Island Nanshan Island Northeast Cay Second Thomas Shoal Thitu Island West York Island Taiwan Taiping Island Zhongzhou Reef Vietnam Alison Reef Amboyna Cay Barque Canada Reef Bombay Castle Central London Reef Collins Reef Cornwallis South Reef Discovery Great Reef East London Reef Grierson Reef Ladd Reef Lansdowne Reef Namyit Island Pearson Reef Petley Reef Sand Cay Sin Cowe Island South Reef Southwest Cay Spratly Island Tennent Reef West London Reef
Unoccupied features	First Thomas Shoal Half Moon Shoal Luconia Shoals Northeast Investigator Shoal Royal Captain Shoal Sabina Shoal Third Thomas Shoal Western Reef Whitsun Reef
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