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Menghu Islet

24°23′50.8″N 118°11′33.48″E / 24.397444°N 118.1926333°E / 24.397444; 118.1926333

Menghu Islet
Native name:
猛虎嶼 (Chinese)
Menghu Islet (far right), south of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu)
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Geography
Locationsouth of Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Area0.0250 km2 (0.0097 sq mi)[1]
Administration
ProvinceFujian
CountyKinmen (Quemoy)
Rural TownshipLieyu
Additional information
Time zone
Menghu Islet is located in Taiwan
Menghu Islet
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Location of Menghu Islet

Menghu Islet (Chinese: 猛虎嶼; pinyin: Měnghǔ Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bíng-hóo-sū)[2][3] (Tiger Island[4]) is an islet located southwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).[5] The islet was originally named Hu-tzu Hsü[6][7] (Hu-tzu Hsu[8]) (虎仔嶼[9]: 37 [10]).

History

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  Declassified nuclear strike plan reveals strategic importance of Menghu's position in history

In 1965, the island was given its present name.[9]: 37 

In 2006, a Chinese fishing ship carrying 198 Chinese box turtles for illicit sale in Fujian was caught in the waters adjacent to Menghu Islet.[11]

On November 3, 2017, a fishing ship with five crew members from Longhai City, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China was caught in the waters adjacent to Menghu Islet.[12]

On July 23, 2019, Ho Cheng (賀政), the new leader of the ROC Army Kinmen Defense Command (陸軍金門防衛指揮部), visited the soldiers on Shi Islet and Menghu Islet.[13][14]

After 10 PM on August 14, 2019, two members of the Kinmen branch of the Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan) were severely injured when they jumped from their ship onto a fishing ship from Mainland China which had been caught fishing in the waters around Menghu Islet.[15][16]

Geography

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Menghu Islet is 3.7 km (2.3 mi) southwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu).[17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 行政面積. Civil Affairs Department, Kinmen County Government (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 外圍 島嶼 面積單位： (平方公里）{...} 猛虎嶼 0.0250
  2. ^ "Geographic environment". Kinmen National Park. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019. The 12 islands and islets comprising {...} Menghu islet, {...}
  3. ^ Ruan Zhenyan; Dong Lin (2007). "Review of Xiamen-Kinmen Sea Area Management Seminar". Hein Online. p. 6. Retrieved 8 August 2019. Menghu Islet, Fuxing Islet and Shi Islet,
  4. ^ DeWitt Copp; Marshall Peck (1962). The Odd Day. New York City: William Morrow & Company. pp. 2, 8, 12, 28, 169 – via Internet Archive. Tiger* {...}* Hui-Tzu-Yu [sic] Island.{...}Directly to his rear he saw the fisted hump of Tiger Island, and to its right the shallow ridge-line of Little Quemoy.
  5. ^ 金門縣土地段名代碼表 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Department of Land Administration. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2019. 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 金門(WA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 烈嶼鄉(05){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}猛虎嶼 0254
  6. ^ Hu-tzu Hsü (Variant - V) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  7. ^ "China: Offshore islands. 10-58". Library of Congress. 1958. Hu-tzu Hsü{...}HU-TZU HSÜ
  8. ^ M.H. Halperin. "The 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis: A Documented History (U) Chapter 1". p. 54 – via Internet Archive. The OPS PLAN indicated that the "Offshore Islands" referred to in the paragraphs just quoted included six islands in the Quemoy group: Big Quemoy, Little Quemoy, Ta-tan, Ehr-tan, Hu-tzu Hsu and Tung-ting-hsu and seven islands in the Matsu chain.
  9. ^ a b Lin Ma-Teng 林馬騰 (July 2009). 秘島：大二膽的秘境秘史 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 林馬騰文史工作室. ISBN 978-957-41-6438-7.
  10. ^ Lin Chih-Pin (林志斌); Hung Ching-Chang (洪清漳) (2018). 烈嶼西方甲傳奇:佛祖上帝公庇佑的子民. p. 17. ISBN 978-986-05-8121-8.
  11. ^ 李金生 (6 August 2015). 台灣保育食蛇龜 在金門成家. China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 13 August 2019. 縣府農林科表示，2006年金門海巡隊曾於小金門猛虎嶼海域截獲1艘大陸漁船，滿載中轉走私到福建的龜、鱉，其中就有食蛇龜198隻；
  12. ^ 陳冠霖 (6 November 2017). 海巡特勤進駐金門 掃蕩陸船越界捕魚. 金門縣政府全球資訊網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 14 August 2019. ，3日晚間在猛虎嶼海域逮捕1艘來自漳州龍海市的鐵殼船，連同船上5名船員押回留置調查，
  13. ^ 陳麗妤 (24 July 2019). 金防部指揮官走訪各離島探視官兵. 金門縣政府全球資訊網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 14 August 2019. 接續於18日走訪東碇島，視導守備部隊戰備與生活情形後，金防部指揮官賀政中將，昨日由政戰主任劉強華少將等人陪同，先後至獅嶼及猛虎嶼等離島慰勉戍守前哨的官兵辛勞。
  14. ^ 李金生 (23 July 2019). 金防部指揮官賀政赴離島 慰勉戍守前哨官兵. China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 9 August 2019. 金防部新任指揮官賀政中將今（23）日在政戰主任劉強華少將等人陪同下，專程赴獅嶼及猛虎嶼等離島慰勉戍守前哨的駐軍，特別關懷官兵平日生活和訓練情形。
  15. ^ 吳正庭 (16 August 2019). 金門海巡摸黑取締中國漁船 2隊員膝蓋重創. Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  16. ^ 黃慧敏 (16 August 2019). 海巡摸黑取締陸船 2隊員輕重傷. Yahoo (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  17. ^ 當兵中金馬獎不可憐 「猛虎嶼」只有海水淡化、發電機. ETtoday新聞雲 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 3 February 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020. 猛虎嶼就位在金門縣烈嶼鄉的西南邊3.7公里處，島嶼面積僅有0.025平方公里，不過海拔高度卻有50公尺，從碼頭到營部爬樓梯要214階，地勢易守難攻，不過官兵要運補時需要搬米、瓦斯以及罐頭甚至是油漆桶時都相當辛苦。
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