Native name: 虎井嶼 (
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Geography | |
Location | southwestern Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Republic of China (Taiwan) |
Coordinates | 23°29′23″N 119°31′35″E / 23.489747°N 119.526358°E |
Area | 1.9972 km2 (0.7711 sq mi) [1] |
Administration | |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | |
Province | Taiwan (streamlined) |
County | Penghu |
County-administered city | Magong |
Demographics | |
Population | ~100 (2017) [2] |
Additional information | |
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Hujing Island [3] / Huching Island [4] [5] [6] / Hujing Islet [7] [8] ( Chinese: 虎井 嶼; pinyin: Hǔjǐng Yǔ; Wade–Giles: Hu3-ching3 Yü3; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hó͘-chéⁿ-sū) is an islet in Hujing Village ( 虎井 里), Magong City, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan. [9] The island has also been known as Da'anshan (大案山) and the nearby Tongpan Island as Xiao'anshan (小案山). [10]: 19 The southern part of the island is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer. [7] [11] Hujing Island is the seventh largest island in Penghu (the Pescadores). The island is 7 nmi (13 km) from Penghu Main Island. There are mountains on the eastern end (Dongshan) and western end (Sishan) of the island. [12]
Ferries run three times a day between Magong on the main island of Penghu and Hujing Island. [13] It takes about twenty minutes to reach Hujing Island from Penghu's main island by boat. [2]
The island takes its current name from a tradition in which a tiger was found in a dry cave (or well [5]) near the south end of the island. [3]
According to tradition, the Dutch built a fortress on the island which sank into the sea. No significant discoveries have been made in the area. [3]
On July 12, 1683, Qing Empire naval forces took Hujing Island and Tongpan Island in the early stages of the Battle of Penghu. [10]: 42
A World War II-era Japanese bomb shelter built on the island survives and is accessible to the public free of charge. [5]
In January 2019, there were noted complaints about collapsing roads and slow repair times around the western mountain area of the island. [14]
In June 2019, there were a total of six students in the island's primary school. [15]
The population of Hujing (Huching) village, noted for its seafood restaurants, is concentrated on the southwest end of the island. [5]
The island's geology is noted for black volcanic rock formations. [5] The island is higher in altitude than nearby Tongpan Island with a plain between the mountainous areas where most of the population lives. [7] [12]
# 行政區域 島嶼名稱 經度 緯度 面積 (平方公里) 有人居住 (*) {...}7 馬公巿 虎井嶼 119° 31' 33.20" 23° 29' 25.70" 1.9972 *
位於馬公市南方約20分鐘船程的一個島嶼。{...}人口約一百人的小漁村,
In the 17th century, it is said, the Dutch came here and built a fortress that later sank into the sea in the midst of a battle. Scholars who have come to explore the area in recent years have made no significant discoveries, leaving the sunken fortress a 300-year mystery.{...}It' s named according to a legend that there was once a tiger crouching in a dry cave at the southeast of the island.
Huching Island
Huching Island (hǔjǐng yǔ) 虎井嶼
Huching Island
Dongshan Hujing Deep Sea Shadow Hujing Islet Hujing Port Guanyin Temple Sishan{...}In recent years, to mark the Tropic of Cancer passing through Hujing Island, a new structure was built
Hujing Islet
地政事務所名稱(代碼) 澎湖(XA) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 馬公市(01) 段 小段 代碼 備註{...}虎井 0023
福爾摩沙島與澎湖群島圖{...}I. 小案山(桶盤嶼) J. 大案山(虎井嶼){...}7.12 奪虎井、桶盤
The Tropic of Cancer at 23 ° 27′ goes through the southern part of Huching Islet of the islands.
虎井嶼是澎湖群島的第七大島,距馬公市7海浬,島上有壯觀的玄武岩柱狀節理。{...}全島分為東西二山,村落就位在東、西山之間,
位在澎湖南海的虎井嶼,與其他離島一樣,面臨人口嚴重流失問題,虎井國小全校僅6位學生,