GeoPearls - Projects: Peng-hu Tao TW

Taiwan - Landsat Image N-50-20_2000 & N-51-20_2000

Located in the Taiwan Straits between mainland China and Taiwan is the group of islands called the Peng-hu Tao (aka The Fisherman Islands).

Peng-hu Tao - Landsat Image N-50-20_2000 & N-51-20_2000

They are low lying islands peppered with coral reefs throughout. A couple of the southern islands are uplifted rocks. All of the others are merely meters above the water. Today they are destinations for tourists from all over the world. They offer the appeal of the Chinese culture and the escape of an island.

I had posted images and maps of these islands earlier, but I thought I would repost them all at a consistent scale (1:150,000). The maps are rendered in my EVS Shoreline style which shows mapping of traditional shorelines only.