Mianhua Islet

Mianhua Islet
Native name:
棉花嶼
Mianhua Islet and Pingfong Rock in the East China Sea
Mianhua Islet is located in East China Sea
Mianhua Islet
Mianhua Islet
Location in the East China Sea
Geography
LocationIn the East China Sea, north of Taiwan Island in Zhongzheng, Keelung, Taiwan[1][2][3][4]
Coordinates25°29′06″N 122°6′23″E / 25.48500°N 122.10639°E / 25.48500; 122.10639
Area0.133 km2 (0.051 sq mi)[5][3]
Highest elevation61 m (200 ft)[3]
Administration
ProvinceTaiwan (streamlined)
Provincial cityKeelung
DistrictZhongzheng
Additional information
Time zone
Mianhua Islet is located in Taiwan
Mianhua Islet
Mianhua Islet
Location of Mianhua Islet
Map of Mianhua Islet (labeled as MENKA-SHO; NAKANO-SHIMA) and surrounding area (AMS, 1944)
Mianhua Islet (labeled as Mien-hua Hsü (Menka-sho) 棉花嶼) (AMS, 1950)

Mianhua Islet (Chinese: 棉花; pinyin: Miánhuā Yǔ; lit. 'cotton islet') is a 0.133 km2 (0.051 sq mi)[5][3] volcanic island[5] in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan, located in the East China Sea.[3][6] Pingfong Rock, just east of the islet, is the easternmost point under the actual control of Taiwan (ROC).[7][5]

  1. ^ 今日中正 [Today's Zhongzheng]. 基隆市中正區公所. Retrieved 23 April 2019. 3.本區北面面臨太平洋,並包括有和平島、彭佳嶼、基隆嶼、棉花嶼、花瓶嶼等島嶼自然地理景觀豐富
  2. ^ 基隆市土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2019. 基隆市土地段名代碼表 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 信義(CB) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 中正區(01){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}棉花嶼 0127
  3. ^ a b c d e "Beautiful Scenery". Keelung City Government. Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2019. Mianhua Islet (Crag) Located at 120.6" east and 25.29"north, the 0.12-square-kilometer Mianhua Islet is 42.9992km away from Bitou Cape. It is about 800km long from north to south and 530km wide from east to west, with an elevation of 61km.{...}According to literature, Mianhua Islet is called Kangjiao Islet, and also Jhongdao (Midway Islet).
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  5. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference forest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ 記者盧賢秀、黃旭磊、徐義平,"北方三島海域 將設國家公園"存档副本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Liberty Times. Archived from the original on 2010-11-02. Retrieved 2018-08-04. 台灣北方海域有三座孤立的小島─彭佳嶼、棉花嶼和花瓶嶼 ,
  7. ^ 記者盧賢秀,"北方三島小檔案""存档副本". Archived from the original on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2010-08-30. 島嶼的最東端是台灣極東點,, Liberty Times,2010-8-30.