Tajvan
Tajvan is the largest island on Lipno Dam on Vltava river, Czech Republic. It is located about 3 km southeast of the village of Horní Planá. The highest point of the island reaches an altitude of 737 m. The island is covered with a mixed forest with a predominance of pines and birches. There is a nature reserve here, so it is forbidden to enter. The subject of protection is the occurrence of waterfowl and rare aquatic fauna.[1]
Name
According to one interpretation, the island was named after a fisherman who was riding a fish on it. Because he had sloping eyes, he was nicknamed the Chinese, so people began to call the island according to the island of Taiwan.[2]
According to another interpretation, cartographers planned to construct the Lipno Dam, because the expected nameless island on the shape maps remarkably resembled the shape of the island of Taiwan.[3]
48°44′30″N 14°3′46″E / 48.74167°N 14.06278°E
References
- ^ www.zahora.estranky.cz. "Tajvan:Lipenský ostrov s nádechem exotiky". MOJE POŠUMAVSKO - LIPENSKÉ STRÁNKY (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ Source:http://www.metro.cz/domov/2973-20-svetovych-mist-ktera-najdete-pri-ceste-ceskem
- ^ Television document Vodní díla v Československu, directed by S. Studený, 1956
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