Menghu Islet
Islet west of Taiwan
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Native name: | |
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Menghu Islet (far right), south of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) | |
 Interactive map of Menghu Islet | |
| Geography | |
| Location | south of Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Area | 0.0250 km2 (0.0097 sq mi)[1] |
| Administration | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
| Province | Fujian |
| County | Kinmen (Quemoy) |
| Rural Township | Lieyu |
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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
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
Menghu Islet is 3.7 km (2.3 mi) southwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu).[17]