Mudou Island
Island in Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan
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Mudou Island (Chinese: 目斗嶼; pinyin: Mùdǒu Yǔ) is an island in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.[1][2] It is in the Taiwan Strait off the west coast of Taiwan. The island was formed from plateau basalt.
Coordinates23.786°N 119.600°E
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 23.786°N 119.600°E |
| Administration | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
Name
The island was named Ba̍k-táu-sū (墨斗嶼) at first because the shape resembles an ink marker of a carpenter. Japanese colonizer transferred the name from 墨斗 to 目斗, which are pronounced the same in Taiwanese.[3]
