Hughes Reef

{{Short description|Reef in the South China Sea}}

{{Expand Vietnamese|Đá Tư Nghĩa|date=May 2015}}

{{Infobox islands

| disputed = yes

| name = Hughes Reef

| type = reef

| other_names =
東門礁 / 东门礁 Dōngmén Jiāo (Chinese)
đá Tư Nghĩa (Vietnamese)

| image_name = Hughes Reef.png

| image_size = 250px

| image_caption = Hughes Reef

| pushpin_map = Spratly Islands relief

| location = South China Sea

| coordinates = {{coord|9|55|N|114|30|E|display=inline,title}}

| archipelago = Spratly Islands

| country = {{CHN}}

| country_admin_divisions_title = Province

| country_admin_divisions = Hainan

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = City

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Sansha

| country1 = {{CHN}}

| country2 = {{PHI}}

| country3 = {{TWN}}

| country4 = {{VNM}}

}}

Hughes Reef (Mandarin {{zh|c=東門礁/东门礁|p=Dōngmén Jiāo|s=|t=}}, {{langx|vi|đá Tư Nghĩa}}) is a reef in Union Banks in the Spratly group of islands, South China Sea claimed by the PRC (China), the ROC (Taiwan), the Philippines, Malaysia, and Vietnam. It is only above water at low tide.{{cite web |title= Digital Gazetteer of the Spratly Islands |url= http://www.southchinasea.org/2011/08/19/digital-gazetteer-of-the-spratly-islands/ |date= 19 August 2011 |access-date= 6 June 2014 |publisher= www.southchinasea.org }}

The PRC has reclaimed land on the reef, bringing its area to 7.6 hectares, and occupied the reef.{{cite web|url=http://amti.csis.org/hughes-reef-tracker/|title=Hughes reef tracker|publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies|access-date=2016-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112809/http://amti.csis.org/hughes-reef-tracker/|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}} The reef has a lighthouse{{Cite rowlett|spr|date=15 November 2013|access-date=19 May 2014}} on top of a two storied defence outpost.{{cite web |title=Photo : Hughes reef outpost and lighthouse |url= https://www.panoramio.com/photo/22679192 |publisher= Panoromio |access-date=19 May 2014 |date= 24 May 2009}}