Lobster Cave

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LocationLiuqiu, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Coordinates22°20′41.5″N 120°23′17.9″E / 22.344861°N 120.388306°E / 22.344861; 120.388306
Geologycave
Lobster Cave
龍蝦洞
Map showing the location of Lobster Cave
Map showing the location of Lobster Cave
LocationLiuqiu, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Coordinates22°20′41.5″N 120°23′17.9″E / 22.344861°N 120.388306°E / 22.344861; 120.388306
Geologycave
Lobster Cave
Traditional Chinese龍蝦洞
Simplified Chinese龙虾洞
Literal meaningLobster Cave
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLóngxiā Dòng
Wade–GilesLung-hsia Tung

Lobster Cave is a cave on Liuqiu Island, off Pingtung County, Taiwan.

"Lobster Cave" is a calque of the cave's Chinese name. It supposedly derives from lobsters who lived there over a century ago that were driven out by the island's residents during a night raid.[1]

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