Mudou Island
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  Mudou Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 23°47′10″N 119°36′00″E / 23.786°N 119.600°ECoordinates: 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.[1][2] It is in the Taiwan Strait off the west coast of Taiwan. The island was formed from plateau basalt.
Name[]
Map including Mudou Island (labeled as Mokuto-shō (Kita-shō)) (1944)
Map including Mudou Island (unlabeled island with 'Light' marking the lighthouse) (1950)
The island was named Mudouyu because the shape resembles an eye of a man or an ink marker of a carpenter.
See also[]
- Islands of Taiwan
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)
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