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Erdan Island

Coordinates: 24°22′40.9″N 118°09′40.7″E / 24.378028°N 118.161306°E / 24.378028; 118.161306
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Erdan Island
Native name:
二膽島
Erdan Island in Kinmen County
Erdan Island is located in Taiwan
Erdan Island
Erdan Island
Taiwan
Geography
LocationLieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Coordinates24°22′40.9″N 118°09′40.7″E / 24.378028°N 118.161306°E / 24.378028; 118.161306
Area0.2800 km2 (0.1081 sq mi)[1][2]

Erdan Island (Erhtan Island[3][4]) (Chinese: 二膽島[5][6][7][8]; pinyin: Èrdǎn Dǎo, also 二擔島[3][9][10]) is an island in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Taiwan.[10][11] The island has been called Seao-tan.[12][13] Erdan Island is 12 km (7.5 mi) from Greater Kinmen Island and 4 km (2.5 mi) from Xiamen (Amoy) Island.[14]

History

Fortress wall bearing slogan "Three Principles of the People Unite China" built by Gen. Zhao in Aug. 1986, dismissed after 1987 Lieyu Massacre.
File:Nuclear cannon power range.jpg
Declassified nuclear strike plan portraits significance of Erdan's critical position

On February 21, 1942, more than fifty anti-Japanese dissidents were taken to the island, tortured and killed in a mass execution.[15]: 18–19 

Chinese Nationalist spokesmen reported that Chinese Communists shelled Dadan and Erdan between June 26–28, 1957. At that time, Chinese Nationalist strength on the islands was around 1,100 men.[16]

On September 6, 2011, President Ma Ying-jeou visited with the troops stationed on Erdan Island.[5][6]

In November 2013, the island was designated as battlefield culture landscape by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kinmen County Government.[17] The island was handed over from Kinmen Defense Command of the Republic of China Armed Forces to the county government on 1 July 2014.[18]

Geography

The island covers an area of 0.28 km2 (0.11 sq mi).[2] Erdan Island's Mt. Jiaoshi (Mt. Jiaoshih; 礁石山) reaches 55 m (180 ft) above sea level.[11]

Dadan Island is 800 m (2,600 ft) from Erdan Island at the closest point.[15]: 24 

The islands of Wu Yu and Qing Yu in Gangwei, Longhai City, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China are located to the south of Erdan Island.[9][19]

Tourist attractions

See also

References

  1. ^ 行政面積. 金門縣政府民政處 Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 外圍 島嶼 面積單位： (平方公里）{...} 二膽 0.2800
  2. ^ a b "ROC front line islands gear up for tourism". Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the U. S. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "金門地區離島通航航道公告圖" (PDF). Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 25 August 2019. 二擔島 Erhtan Island
  4. ^ Wendell Minnick (19 March 2019). "How to Save Taiwan from Itself". The National Interest. Retrieved 26 August 2019. Not to crow, but I have been on Dongyin, Erhtan and Tatan islands; the U.S. signal intelligence antenna farm at Pingtun Li; and inside the underground airbase in Chiashan Mountain in Hualien.
  5. ^ a b 總統前往金門慰勉戍守國軍弟兄. 中華民國總統府 Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 6 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2019. 中華民國100年09月06日 中秋節將屆，馬英九總統上午特地前往金門視導陸軍二膽守備隊
  6. ^ a b "總統前往金門慰勉戍守國軍弟兄（4-1）". 中華民國總統府 Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan) (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 11 October 2019. 二膽島
  7. ^ 二膽島 (Non-Roman Script - NS) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  8. ^ 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版. [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. pp. 154, 158. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 二擔島{...}二膽島（1951年改名）
  9. ^ a b 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版. [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. pp. 39, 154, 158. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 二擔島{...}二膽島（1951年改名）{...}浯嶼
  10. ^ a b 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 烈嶼鄉(05){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}二擔 0252 更正
  11. ^ a b 金門縣行政區域圖 [Kinmen County] (Map) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English). Ministry of the Interior, Kinmen County Government. September 2007. ISBN 978-986010742-5.
  12. ^ Charles J. Bullock (1884). The China Sea Directory. Vol. 3 (2 ed.). London: Hydorgraphic Office, Admiralty. p. 197 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ "Causeway Joint Staff Study". United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas. 1947. p. 56 – via Internet Archive. SEAO TAN 55 "{acres}
  14. ^ 二膽島營區工程意外 工人遭怪手壓死. 金門縣政府全球資訊網 Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 30 April 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2019. 二膽島面積僅0.28平方公里，距離大膽島約800公尺、距離金門本島約12公里、距離廈門約4公里，島上只有駐軍，沒有一般居民。
  15. ^ a b Lin Ma-Teng 林馬騰 (July 2009). 秘島：大二膽的秘境秘史 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 林馬騰文史工作室. ISBN 978-957-41-6438-7.
  16. ^ "CURRENT INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN". CIA. 29 June 1957. p. 3 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ a b "Governor Arrives in Kinmen for Inspection, Magistrate Hopes for Assistance with Local Development". Web.kinmen.gov.tw. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Premier Jiang Yi-huah Witnessed Kinmen County Government Take Control Over Dadan and Erdan Islands". Web.kinmen.gov.tw. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  19. ^ 林馬騰 (30 July 2010). 大膽島風雲. Kinmen Daily News (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 6 March 2020. 大二膽島為國軍據守，但在九龍江口的重要島嶼，還有在大膽島南方的浯嶼和西南方的青嶼﹙又稱下青嶼﹚，均落入共軍之手，
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