Mudou Island
Geography | |
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Location | Baisha Township, Penghu Islands (Pescadores) archipelago, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, South China Sea, Pacific Ocean |
Coordinates | 23°47′10″N 119°36′00″E / 23.786°N 119.600°E |
Administration | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Mudou Island (Chinese: 目斗嶼; pinyin: Mùdǒu Yǔ) is an island in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan, part of the Penghu Islands (Pescadores) archipelago.[1][2] It is in the Taiwan Strait off the west coast of Taiwan. The island was formed from plateau basalt.
Name
The island was named Mudouyu because the shape resembles an eye of a man or an ink marker of a carpenter.
See also
References
- ^ "Mudou Yu: Taiwan". Geographical names. 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ "GeoNames Search". Geographic Names Database. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
External links
- 目斗嶼燈塔 ('Mudou Island Lighthouse') (in Chinese)