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Western Reef

reef in the South China Sea

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 24, 2025
Entity authorityQ6742526 ↗
Source-derived summary

Western Reef (Vietnamese: Đá Đền Cây Cỏ; Mandarin Chinese: 福祿寺礁 / 福禄寺礁; pinyin: Fúlùsì Jiāo) is a reef in the South China Sea, located 66.7 kilometres (41.4 mi) west of Gaven Reefs in the Spratly Islands.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Western Reef” as reef in the South China Sea. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current 36-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Western, Reef and reef can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as reef in the South China Sea. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 24, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6742526. Authority coordinates are 10.267, 113.617. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Western Reef”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Western Reef primary sources, Western Reef archive and Western research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Western Reef”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Western Reef” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.