Dadan Island

Dadan Island
Native name:
大膽島
Dadan Island in Kinmen County
Geography
LocationLieyu, Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China
Coordinates24°23′25″N 118°09′56″E / 24.39028°N 118.16556°E / 24.39028; 118.16556
Area0.7900 km2 (0.3050 sq mi)[1][2]: 22 
Highest elevation98 m (322 ft)[3]
Dadan Island is located in Taiwan
Dadan Island
Dadan Island
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Location of Dadan Island
President Ma Ying-jeou visits Dadan Island
Dadan Island (labelled as Ta-tan (Tan Hsü) 大担) (1954)
A defense position with 2 large walls bearing the slogan "Three Principles of the People Unite China" built by Gen. Zhao in Aug. 1986, dismissed after 1987 Lieyu Massacre.

Dadan Island[4][5] (Tatan,[6][7] Taitan Island,[8] Tae-tan[9]/Taetan[10]) (Chinese: 大膽島; pinyin: Dàdǎn[11] Dǎo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-táⁿ tó; lit. 'Island of Boldness[6]', originally 大擔島[12]) is an island in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).[13][3] The island is in the Taiwan Strait, along the coast of Mainland China. It is located approximately 12,000 m (7.5 mi) to the southwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) and approximately 4,400 m (2.7 mi) from Xiamen (Amoy).[14]

  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）{...} 大膽 0.7900
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  4. ^ "Kinmen Battlefield Culture". Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019. Kinmen County has jurisdiction over a total of 12 islands including Kinmen Island, Lieyu, Dadan Island and Erdan Island.
  5. ^ "The Kinmen Lieyu Dadan Island Insect Resource Survey Discovered Eight New Record Species and Astonished the Nation! ---Interview with Teacher Yong-Ren Zhang". National Parks of Taiwan. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019. Dadan Island is a part of Lieyu Township for Kinmen County, and is located at the southwestern part of Lieyu. Fierce KMT-CPC battles had once waged on this island, and the island was controlled and stationed by the military for numerous years. That is how Dadan Island earned the nickname of "the front line of front lines and the island among the islands." Its special strategic battle position and long battle history have added a veil of mystery to the island.
  6. ^ a b "President Chen's Remarks during His Stop on Tatan Island". Office of the President, ROC (Taiwan). 10 May 2002. Retrieved 23 August 2019. Lastly, on this "Isle of Boldness" (the literal translation for Tatan Island), I'd like to boldly reiterate the following:{...}
  7. ^ R. Collinson (1843). "ART. II. Survey of the harbor of Amoy". The Chinese Repository. 12. Canton: 123 – via Internet Archive. Tátán.-Tátán 大担
  8. ^ 增廣英語撮要 [The Classified List of Miscellaneous Important Terms] (in Chinese and English) (24 ed.). The Commercial Press. 1917. p. 26. Name of Place. 地方名 Open Port. 通商口岸 Prefecture. 府 District. 縣{...}大膽島 Taitan Island ....... Amoy ....... 泉州府 同安縣
  9. ^ Charles J. Bullock (1884). The China Sea Directory. Vol. 3 (2 ed.). London: Hydorgraphic Office, Admiralty. pp. vi, 196, 197, 198, 204, 208, 740 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ Alexander George Findlay (July 1861). A Description and List of the Lighthouses of the World. London. p. 107. ISBN 9780665477768 – via Internet Archive. TAETAN ISLAND. 24 24.5 118 9.3 Building (1861) on N.W. Id...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  11. ^ 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 23 August 2019. 字詞 【大膽】 注音 ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄢˇ 漢語拼音 dà dǎn{...}金門群島中靠近最前線的一個孤島，為國軍堅守的陣地。
  12. ^ 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. 大擔島{...}大膽島（1951年改名）{...}浯嶼
  13. ^ 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{...}大膽 0251
  14. ^ 洪秀柱遊金門大膽島 離廈門僅4.4公里. 中國評論新聞網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.