Xieyang Island () is a Chinese
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
in the
Gulf of Tonkin, located southeast of
Weizhou Island
Weizhou Island () is a Chinese island in Beibu Gulf in the Gulf of Tonkin. The largest island of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Weizhou is west of Leizhou Peninsula, south of Beihai, and east of Vietnam. Administratively, it is part of W ...
. Administratively, it, along with Weizhou Island, forms the town of
Weizhou, in
Haicheng District
Haicheng (; za, Haijcwngz) is the seat of the city of Beihai, Guangxi, People's Republic of China. It has an area of and a population of 240,000 .
Administrative divisions
Haicheng District is divided into 7 subdistricts and 1 town:
Subdistr ...
,
Beihai,
Guangxi.
It has an area of only and is of volcanic origin. The island may be described as appearing like a goat with its front legs crouched, and so in ancient times was also called "".
It is one of the tourist attractions of Beihai.
Along with Weizhou Island, waters around Xieyang Island was discovered in 2015 to be seasonally frequented by
Bryde's whales, and the area has become the first acknowledged location among mainland coasts of China to have regular migrations of large cetaceans.
[Bingyao Chen, Lin Zhu, Thomas A. Jefferson, Kaiya Zhou, Guang Yang, 2019, ''Coastal Bryde's Whales' (Balaenoptera edeni) Foraging Area Near Weizhou Island in the Beibu Gulf'', Aquatic Mammals, Vol.45, Issue 3]
References
斜阳岛---中国著名岛屿介绍_中国景点网
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Islands of Guangxi
Islands of the South China Sea
Volcanic islands
Gulf of Tonkin