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Mudou Island () is an island in Baisha Township,
The island was named ''Ba̍k-táu-sū'' () at first because the shape resembles an ink marker of a carpenter. Japanese colonizer transferred the name from to , which are pronounced the same in Taiwanese.
目斗嶼燈塔
('Mudou Island Lighthouse') Baisha Township Islands of the South China Sea Islands of Taiwan Landforms of Penghu County Penghu Islands Taiwan Strait {{ROC-geo-stub
Penghu County
The Penghu (, Hokkien POJ: ''Phîⁿ-ô͘'' or ''Phêⁿ-ô͘'' ) or Pescadores Islands are an archipelago of 90 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait, located approximately west from the main island of Taiwan, covering an area ...
, 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 ...
. It is in the Taiwan Strait
The Taiwan Strait is a -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is wide.
The Taiwan Strait is itself a ...
off the west coast of 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 ...
. The island was formed from plateau basalt.
Name
The island was named ''Ba̍k-táu-sū'' () at first because the shape resembles an ink marker of a carpenter. Japanese colonizer transferred the name from to , which are pronounced the same in Taiwanese.
See also
*Islands of Taiwan
The islands comprising the Taiwan Area under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (ROC) are classified into various island groups. The island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, is the largest island and the main component of the ROC-controll ...
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目斗嶼燈塔
('Mudou Island Lighthouse') Baisha Township Islands of the South China Sea Islands of Taiwan Landforms of Penghu County Penghu Islands Taiwan Strait {{ROC-geo-stub