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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.

Mudou Island

Mudou Island
Geography
Location	Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan
Coordinates	23.786°N 119.600°E / 23.786; 119.600
Administration
Republic of China (Taiwan)

Name

The island was named Ba̍k-táu-sū (墨斗嶼) at first because the shape resembles an ink marker of a carpenter. Japanese colonizer transferred the name from 墨斗 to 目斗, which are pronounced the same in Taiwanese.[3]

See also

• Islands of Taiwan

References

External links

• 目斗嶼燈塔 ('Mudou Island Lighthouse') (in Chinese)

На других языках

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- [en] Mudou Island

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[fr] Île Mudou

L''île Mudou (Chinois traditionnel: 目斗嶼; pinyin: Mùdòu Yǔ)) est une île de l'archipel des Pescadores[1],[2] , située dans le détroit de Taiwan, sur la mer de Chine méridionale et au large de la côte ouest de Taiwan.

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