What the records say
- When
- since Sep 1999
- Kind
- Territorial claim
- Coordinates
- 23.70° S, 178.90° W
- Names
- Minerva Reefs
- Region
- 5
- Censored at
- 2001-12
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Minerva Reefs
Two submerged atolls in the South Pacific, claimed by Fiji and Tonga
The Minerva Reefs are a group of two submerged atolls located in the Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Tonga. The islands are the subject of a territorial dispute between Fiji and Tonga, and in addition were briefly claimed by American Libertarians as the centre of a micronation, the Republic of Minerva.
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The source
- ICOW Territorial Claims 1816–2001Issue Correlates of WarCorrelates of War: free use with citation