Binlang Islet () is an islet located in
Lieyu Township
Lieyu Township (Liehyu) (; pinyin: ''Lièyǔ Xiāng''; Hokkien POJ: ''Lia̍t-sū-hiong'') is a rural township in Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). It mainly consists of Lesser Kinmen (; Pīnyīn: ''Xiǎojīnmé ...
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Kinmen County
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(Quemoy),
Taiwan
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(ROC).
(Note: The County/City Boundary () as shown in this map includes Mt. Binlangyu within Kinmen County and the Township/City/District Boundary () includes Mt. Binlangyu within Lieyu Township.)[, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] The islet can be seen from the shore near
Lingshui Lake
The Lingshui Lake () is a lake in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
History
The lake used to be a lowland area and dry lake since Yuan Dynasty. The production of the salt was discontinued in 1946. In 1963, the Republic of China Armed For ...
and from the shore near Shaxi Fort () in the southwestern part of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) as well as from
Siming District
Siming District is an urban district of the city of Xiamen, Fujian province, China. It includes the territory of the old town of Xiamen and the government offices of the modern sub-provincial city.
Geography
Siming occupies the southern half o ...
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Xiamen
Xiamen ( , ; ), also known as Amoy (, from Hokkien pronunciation ), is a sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian, People's Republic of China, beside the Taiwan Strait. It is divided into six districts: Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, ...
(Amoy),
Fujian
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China
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(PRC). The highest point on the islet is above sea level.
History
Since 2006, a swimming competition has been held annually in which the competitors swim from the shore of Lesser Kinmen to that of Xiamen Island (Amoy). In the competition, Binlang Islet serves as a mid-way resting place.
In 2012, fishermen from mainland China were arrested for crossing into the prohibited area and collecting oysters at Binlang Islet.
In December 2018, it was discovered that
oyster farming
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in the vicinity of Binlang Islet was being used as a cover for smuggling oysters to Taiwan.
On the morning of March 16, 2020, three ships from the
Coast Guard Administration
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and Kinmen County government removed illegal fishing nets from the waters around Binlang Islet. More than ten unnamed fishing ships from mainland China were in Kinmen County waters. The mainland China ships rammed a Taiwan (ROC) ship and their crews threw bottles and rocks at the Taiwanese ships.
Gallery
File:Xiamen Island, Lieyu Island and Kinmen Island.jpg, View of the Xiamen (Amoy) and Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) from the air including Binlang Islet
File:厦门一国两制沙滩和金门县.jpg, View of Binlang Islet from Xiamen's One country, two systems
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The constitutional principle was formulated in the early ...
beach (center left)
File:Txu-oclc-10552568-ng50-15.jpg, Map including Binlang Islet (unlabelled islet between Lesser Kinmen Island and Xiamen (Amoy) Island) (AMS AMS or Ams may refer to:
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See also
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List of islands of Taiwan
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List of uninhabited islands
References
External links
Swimming across the Taiwan Strait(islet can be seen at 0:16)
烈嶼越界捕魚 民眾網上議論('Crossing the Boundary to Fish in Lieyu's Waters- Public Opinion Online')
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Islands of Fujian, Republic of China
Landforms of Kinmen County
Lieyu Township