Menghu Islet

24°23′50.8″N 118°11′33.48″E / 24.397444°N 118.1926333°E / 24.397444; 118.1926333

Menghu Islet
Native name:
猛虎嶼 (Chinese)
Menghu Islet (far right), south of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu)
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Geography
Locationsouth of Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Area0.0250 km2 (0.0097 sq mi)[1]
Administration
ProvinceFujian
CountyKinmen (Quemoy)
Rural TownshipLieyu
Additional information
Time zone
Menghu Islet is located in Taiwan
Menghu Islet
Menghu Islet
Location of Menghu Islet

Menghu Islet (Chinese: 猛虎; pinyin: Měnghǔ Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bíng-hóo-sū)[2][3] (Tiger Island[4]) is an islet located southwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).[5] The islet was originally named Hu-tzu Hsü[6][7] (Hu-tzu Hsu[8]) (虎仔嶼[9]: 37 [10]).

  1. ^ 行政面積. 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){...} 猛虎嶼 0.0250
  2. ^ "Geographic environment". Kinmen National Park. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019. The 12 islands and islets comprising {...} Menghu islet, {...}
  3. ^ Ruan Zhenyan; Dong Lin (2007). "Review of Xiamen-Kinmen Sea Area Management Seminar". Hein Online. p. 6. Retrieved 8 August 2019. Menghu Islet, Fuxing Islet and Shi Islet,
  4. ^ DeWitt Copp; Marshall Peck (1962). The Odd Day. New York City: William Morrow & Company. pp. 2, 8, 12, 28, 169 – via Internet Archive. Tiger* {...}* Hui-Tzu-Yu [sic] Island.{...}Directly to his rear he saw the fisted hump of Tiger Island, and to its right the shallow ridge-line of Little Quemoy.
  5. ^ 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 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{...}猛虎嶼 0254
  6. ^ Hu-tzu Hsü (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  7. ^ "China: Offshore islands. 10-58". Library of Congress. 1958. Hu-tzu Hsü{...}HU-TZU HSÜ
  8. ^ M.H. Halperin. "The 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis: A Documented History (U) Chapter 1". p. 54 – via Internet Archive. The OPS PLAN indicated that the "Offshore Islands" referred to in the paragraphs just quoted included six islands in the Quemoy group: Big Quemoy, Little Quemoy, Ta-tan, Ehr-tan, Hu-tzu Hsu and Tung-ting-hsu and seven islands in the Matsu chain.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Lin Chih-Pin (林志斌); Hung Ching-Chang (洪清漳) (2018). 烈嶼西方甲傳奇:佛祖上帝公庇佑的子民. p. 17. ISBN 978-986-05-8121-8.