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Mianhua Islet () is a

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Zhongzheng District Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a District (Taiwan), district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Taiwan, Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office Building, Taipei, P ...

Keelung Keelung () or Jilong () (; Hokkien POJ: '), officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan. The city is a part of the Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area, along with its neighbors, New Taipe ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, located in the

East China Sea The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated b ...

. Pingfong Rock, just east of the islet, is the easternmost point under the actual control of

(ROC).記者盧賢秀,"北方三島小檔案",

Liberty Times The ''Liberty Times'' is a national newspaper published in Taiwan. Founded by Lin Rong-San, it is published by the Liberty Times Group, which also publishes ''Taipei Times'', an English language newspaper . The newspaper was first published on 1 ...

,2010-8-30.

Name

Mianhua Islet () is also known as Kangjiao Islet, Jhongdao (Midway Islet), Mien-hua Hsü, Menka-sho, Mienhua Yu, and Craig Island.

History

In his 1868 book ''Rambles of a Naturalist on the Shores and Waters of the China Sea'',

Cuthbert Collingwood (naturalist) Cuthbert Collingwood (1826–1908) was an English naturalist, surgeon and physician. Life Born at Greenwich on 25 December 1826, he was fifth of six sons of Samuel Collingwood (1786–1852), an architect and contractor, of Wellington Grove, Green ...

described Mianhua Islet, its birds and insects, its geology and two people on the island who were collecting bird eggs. In his 1895 book ''From Far Formosa'',

George Leslie Mackay George Leslie Mackay 偕瑞理 or 馬偕 ''Má-kai'' (21 March 1844 – 2 June 1901) was a Canadian Presbyterian missionary. He was the first Presbyterian missionary to northern Taiwan (then Formosa), serving with the Canadian Presbyterian Mis ...

briefly described Mianhua Islet: Mackay also described the collection of birds and bird eggs by people from

Pengjia Islet Pengjia Islet (), also known as P'eng-chia Hsü, Hōka-sho, Agincourt, Dashihshan Islet, Chaolai Islet, P'eng-chia Yü or Pengchia Islet, is an islet north of Taiwan and is administered under Zhongzheng District, Keelung City. It is under Taiwan ...

. In 1994, plans for a scenic area including Mianhua Islet were proposed. These plans met with opposition from conservation groups who argued that the natural environment of the islet would be damaged by the creation of a scenic area. From May to September, seven scientific expeditions documenting the birds, geology, plants, insects, amphibians and reptiles of the islet were carried out, and an application to the

Environmental Protection Administration The Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan (EPA, ) is a cabinet-level executive agency responsible for protecting and conserving the environment in the Republic of China (Taiwan). This also includes, air quality, noise control, m ...

to preserve Mianhua Islet and Huaping Islet as a Level One Ecologically Sensitive Area and Pengjia Islet as a Level Two Ecologically Sensitive Area was made. On March 18, 1996, the Mianhua Islet and Huaping Islet Wildlife Preservation Area () was established. In August 1996, the existing population of sheep on the islet was relocated to Taiwan to help restore the natural environment of the islet.

Geography

The islet is about long from north to south and wide from east to west, with an elevation of . The tall rock reef to the east of the islet is called Pingfong Rock (screen rock; ). Along with the nearby

and

Huaping Islet Huaping Islet (), Taiwanese Hokkien: () is an high island in Zhongzheng District, Keelung, Taiwan located in the East China Sea. The islet is long and wide with an elevation of . ' Pyroxene and andesite are the major rock types of the islet. ...

, Mianhua Islet is considered of strategic importance to Taiwan.

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20171231【808】MIT台灣誌北方三島追鳥事一二登棉花嶼探查奇異大鳥
('31 Dec 2017 Made in Taiwan Annals of Taiwan #808: Northern Three Islets Birdwatching Landing on Mianhua Islet Searching for the Strange Albatross') Islands of Taiwan Islands of the East China Sea Landforms of Keelung {{Taiwan-geo-stub

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