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The Pescadores Channel[1] (Chinese: 澎湖水道; pinyin: Pēnghú Hángdào) is the body of water that separates the Pescadores Islands from western Taiwan island and links the Taiwan Strait to the northeastern South China Sea. The channel has been considered narrow and potentially difficult to navigate in monsoon season.[2]

Map including the Pescadores Channel (澎湖水道) (AMS, 1950)

See also

References

  1. ^ Pescadores Channel (Conventional - C) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ^ William Campbell (1915). "Sketches from Formosa". p. 46. On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours after. As there was not sufficient sea-room at this time of the year to beat up against the monsoon in the narrow Pescadores channel, the Captain decided to double South Cape, tack up the eastern side of Formosa, and thus reach Tamsui from the north.