Menghu Islet

24°23′50.8″N 118°11′33.48″E

Menghu Islet
Native name:
猛虎嶼 (Chinese)
Menghu Islet (far right), south of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu)
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
Menghu Islet
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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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]

See also

References
  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. 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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