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Erdan Island (Erhtan Island) (, also ) is an island in Lieyu Township,
On February 21, 1942, more than fifty anti-Japanese dissidents were taken to the island, tortured and killed in a mass execution.
Chinese Nationalist spokesmen reported that Chinese Communists shelled Dadan and Erdan between June 26–28, 1957. At that time, Chinese Nationalist strength on the islands was around 1,100 men.
On September 6, 2011, President
Kinmen County
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separa ...
(Quemoy), 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 no ...
. The island has been called Seao-tan. Erdan Island is from Greater Kinmen Island and from 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' ...
(Amoy) Island.
History
On February 21, 1942, more than fifty anti-Japanese dissidents were taken to the island, tortured and killed in a mass execution.
Chinese Nationalist spokesmen reported that Chinese Communists shelled Dadan and Erdan between June 26–28, 1957. At that time, Chinese Nationalist strength on the islands was around 1,100 men.
On September 6, 2011, President Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei fro ...
visited with the troops stationed on Erdan Island.
In November 2013, the island was designated as battlefield culture landscape by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kinmen County Government
The Kinmen County Government () is the local government of the Republic of China that governs Kinmen County
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the so ...
. The island was handed over from Kinmen Defense Command of the Republic of China Armed Forces to the county government on 1 July 2014.
Geography
The island covers an area of . Erdan Island's Mt. Jiaoshi (Mt. Jiaoshih; ) reaches above sea level. Dadan Island is from Erdan Island at the closest point. The islands of Wu Yu and Qing Yu in Gangwei,Longhai City
Longhai District () is a District in Zhangzhou, in the south of Fujian province, China.
Longhai spans an area of , and, as of 2016, it has a population of approximately 736,400.
History
Following the revocation of the sea ban (''haijin'') in the ...
, Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (), alternately romanized as Changchow, is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefect ...
, Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its ...
, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
are located to the south of Erdan Island.
Tourist attractions
* Erdan Hero TunnelSee also
* List of islands of Taiwan * Dadan IslandReferences
{{Reflist Islands of Fujian, Republic of China Landforms of Kinmen County Lieyu Township