List of islands of the Republic of China
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This is a list of island
s of the Republic of China
(ROC, also known as "Taiwan") administration. The list is classified into various island groups below. The largest island of the list is Taiwan
(Formosa), which currently forms a substantial majority of the Republic of China. In addition, other islands which are actively pursued claims by the ROC but not administered such as Senkaku Islands
(Diaoyutai) and most of South China Sea Islands
are excluded from the list.
The ROC keeps claims to all the South China Sea Islands, but only the Pratas and part of the Spratly islands are under its administration. They are governed as part of Cijin District, City of Kaohsiung
.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s of the Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
(ROC, also known as "Taiwan") administration. The list is classified into various island groups below. The largest island of the list is Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
(Formosa), which currently forms a substantial majority of the Republic of China. In addition, other islands which are actively pursued claims by the ROC but not administered such as Senkaku Islands
Senkaku Islands
The , also known as the Diaoyu Islands or Diaoyutai Islands or the Pinnacle Islands, are a group of disputed uninhabited islands in the East China Sea...
(Diaoyutai) and most of South China Sea Islands
South China Sea Islands
The South China Sea Islands consist of over 250 around 1-km² islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars in the South China Sea, most of which have no indigenous people, many of which are naturally under water at high tide, some of which are permanently submerged...
are excluded from the list.
Kinmen
- KinmenKinmenKinmen , also known as Quemoy , is a small archipelago of several islands administered by the Republic of China : Greater Kinmen, Lesser Kinmen, and some islets. Administratively, it is Kinmen County of Fujian Province, ROC. The county is claimed by the People's Republic of China as part of its...
(Quemoy; ) (Kinmen County, Fukien Province)- Lesser Kinmen (Hsiao Kinmen; )
- Dadan IslandDadan IslandDadan Island is located approximately to the Southwest of Lesser Kinmen and approximately from Xiamen. The Republic of China controls over the island and administered by the Kinmen County...
Matsu Islands
- Matsu IslandsMatsu IslandsThe Matsu Islands are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County , Fujian Province of the Republic of China . Only a small area of what is historically Lienchiang County is under the control of the ROC...
(Lienchiang County, Fukien Province)- Peikan (Beigan; )
- Kaoteng (Gaodeng; )
- NankanNanganNangan is one of the Matsu Islands and the capital township of the Lienchiang County of the Republic of China....
(Nangan; ) - TungyinDongyinDongyin is an island in the Taiwan Strait off the coast of Fujian. The Dongyin Township , composed of Dongyin and Siyin, is a township of the Lienchiang County, Fukien Province, Republic of China ....
(Dongyin; )- Hsiyin (Siyin; )
- Liang Island (亮島)
- Chukuang (Jyuguang; )
- Tungchu (Dongjyu; 東莒)
- Hsichu (Sijyu; 西莒)
- Yongliou (永留嶼)
- Peikan (Beigan; )
South China Sea Islands
- South China Sea IslandsSouth China Sea IslandsThe South China Sea Islands consist of over 250 around 1-km² islands, atolls, cays, shoals, reefs, and sandbars in the South China Sea, most of which have no indigenous people, many of which are naturally under water at high tide, some of which are permanently submerged...
(Kaohsiung Municipality; only those listed below are administered by the ROC)- Pratas IslandsPratas IslandsThe Pratas Islands or Dongsha Islands consists of three islands forming from an atoll located in northeastern South China Sea, southeast of Hong Kong. The islands are governed by the Republic of China . The People's Republic of China claims sovereignty over these islands along with all other...
(Tungsha, Dong-sha; ) - Spratly IslandsSpratly IslandsThe Spratly Islands are a group of more than 750 reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands in the South China Sea. The archipelago lies off the coasts of the Philippines and Malaysia , about one third of the way from there to southern Vietnam. They comprise less than four square kilometers of land...
(Nansha, Nan-sha; ; disputed with several Southeast Asian countries)- TaipingTaiping (island)Itu Aba Island or Taiping Island , is the largest of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea and the only island with a freshwater supply. The island is elliptical in shape being 1.4 km in length and 0.4 km in width...
(Itu Aba; ) - Chung-Chou
- Taiping
- Pratas Islands
The ROC keeps claims to all the South China Sea Islands, but only the Pratas and part of the Spratly islands are under its administration. They are governed as part of Cijin District, City of Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
.
Taiwan and surrounding Islands
- Taiwan IslandTaiwanTaiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
(Formosa; ), the largest island of the ROC's jurisdiction.- KaohsiungKaohsiungKaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
- Cijin ; an artificial island, formerly a longshore bar connected to the island of Taiwan
- Keelung City
- Keelung IsletKeelung IsletKeelung Islet is a small island located northeast of the northern shore of Keelung, Taiwan and away from the Port of Keelung. It has an area of . It is in length, and in width including the artificial harbor, the highest point is above sea level....
- The Three Northern Islands
- Huaping Islet
- Mianhua Islet
- Pengjia IsletPengjia IsletPengjia Islet is an islet located north of Taiwan. It is currently under military control and thus cannot be visited. As of 2002, there are about 40 people living on the island.-External links:*, Directorate General of Customs, Republic of China...
- Keelung Islet
- Nantou CountyNantou CountyNantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....
- LaluLalu IslandLalu island is a small island in Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake. The island used to be much bigger, separating the lake into a part shaped like crescent moon and another part shaped like a round sun. When the island was still bigger, people used to live on it. Two events decreased the size of the island...
; a lake islandLake IslandLake Island is an island on the coast of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located between Mathieson Channel and Lady Trutch Passage....
within the Sun Moon LakeSun Moon LakeSun Moon Lake is the largest body of water in Taiwan as well as a tourist attraction. Situated in Yuchi, Nantou, the area around the Sun Moon Lake is home to the Thao tribe, one of aboriginal tribes in Taiwan. Sun Moon Lake surrounds a tiny island called Lalu...
- Lalu
- Pingtung CountyPingtung CountyPingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan. Pingtung County is officially administered as a county of the Republic of China . The oldest national park in Taiwan, Kenting National Park, was established in Pingtung County in 1984...
- Hsiao Liuchiu (Lamay Islet; )
- QixingyanQixingyan (Taiwan)Qixingyan , off the coast of Pingtung County, Taiwan, in the Bashi Channel is composed of seven coral reefs. At low tide seven reefs are visible. At high tide, only two reefs are visible. Qinxingyan is arranged in a shape similar to the Big Dipper, hence the name Seven Star Reef. It is located...
(Seven star reefs;)
- Taitung CountyTaitung CountyTaitung County is a county in eastern Taiwan. The name means "Eastern Taiwan". Taitung County is also known as 後山 by many of the locals, meaning behind the mountains or the back mountains. Taitung is officially administered as a county of Taiwan, Republic of China.Taitung runs along the south east...
- Green IslandGreen Island, TaiwanGreen Island is a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, about off the eastern coast of Taiwan. In the 19th century it was known as Samasana Island and the Japanese called it Kasho-to . The island is 15.092 km² at high tide and 17.329 km² at low tide...
(Lyutao, Lutao; ) - Orchid IslandOrchid IslandOrchid Island is a 45-km² volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait. It is governed as Lanyu Township of Taitung County...
(Lanyu, Ponso no Tao; ) - Lesser Orchid Island (Hsiao Lanyu, Gi day wan; )
- Green Island
- Yilan County
- Gueishan IslandGueishan IslandGuishan Island or Steep Island or Turtle Island , also known as Kueishan Island, is an island in the Pacific Ocean currently administered by Yilan County, Taiwan and located east of port of Gengfang Fishery Harbor. The island is the top of an andesite stratovolcano which rises from the seafloor...
(Turtle Mount; )
- Gueishan Island
- Kaohsiung
- Pescadores Islands (Penghu County)
- Penghu
- BaishaBaishaBaisha Town , Bak-sa in the Taishanese language and "White Sand" in the English translation; in Taishan County, Guangdong province.-History:Baisha town was the ancestral home of many of the first Canadian-Chinese...
- SiyuSiyuSiyu is a settlement on Pate Island, within the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya's Coast Province.Siyu Fort is in interesting artefact in that it is a fort built by locals, not by foreigners. It is constructed of coral. Locals are known for their leather-craft....
(Yuwong; ) - CimeiCimeiCimei is located at , about from Makung, west of Tainan and north of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The unhabitated Mao Yu and Cau Yu west of Cimei are also under its governance. Cimei is 6.99 square km in area with a coastline of 14.4 kilometers and with about 3,214 people...
- Wang-an
Wuchiu
- Wuchiu (Wuciou; ) (Kinmen County)
- Tachiu (Tahchiu, Taciou; )
- Hsiaochiu (Hsiaociou; )
See also
- List of islands
- List of islands in the South China Sea
- Tachen Islands (islands evacuated in 1955)
- Tiaoyutai Islands (disputed with Japan and the People's Republic of China)