Cap Island
Binlang Islet is an islet located in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. The islet can be seen from the shore near Lingshui Lake and from the shore near Shaxi Fort in the southwestern part of Lesser Kinmen as well as from Siming District, Xiamen, Fujian, China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: islet northwest of Lesser Kinmen, Taiwan (ROC)
- Also known as: “Binlang Islet”, “Pin-lang Hsü”, “Pin-lang Yü”, “Ping-lang Hsü”, “Ping-lang Yü”, and “Ping-Tang Hsu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hujingtou Battle and Lingshui Lake.
Hujingtou Battle
Museum
Photo: Ping an Chang, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Hujingtou Battle Museum is a museum in Kinmen National Park, Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. Hujingtou Battle is situated 3½ km east of Cap Island.
Lingshui Lake
Lake
Photo: Atlasmotor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lingshui Lake is a lake in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. Lingshui Lake is situated 3 km southeast of Cap Island.
Koxinga Well
Photo: BreakdownDiode, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koxinga Well is situated 3½ km east of Cap Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shi Islet and Lieyu.
Shi Islet
Locality
Shi Islet is an islet located northwest of Lesser Kinmen in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. Military personnel are stationed on Shi Islet. Shi Islet is situated 3½ km northeast of Cap Island.
Lieyu
Town
Lieyu Township is a rural township in Kinmen County, Republic of China. It consists mainly of three islands located to the west of Greater Kinmen and immediately to the east of Xiamen of the People's Republic of China: Lesser Kinmen, Dadan, and Erdan. Lieyu is situated 4½ km east of Cap Island.
Zengcuo’an
Quarter
Photo: Augustohai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zengcuo’an is a quarter, which is situated 8 km west of Cap Island.
Cap Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Xikou Village, Lieyu Township, Kinmen, 福建省, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
24.43699° or 24° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
118.19878° or 118° 11′ 56″ eastOpen location code
7PPWC5PX+QGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1649874867OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
1670457Wikidata ID
Q55715900
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Satellite Map
Discover Cap Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Cap Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Binlang Yu”
- Chinese: “槟榔屿”
- Chinese: “槟榔嶼”
- Chinese: “檳榔嶼”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Tân Lang”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cap Island”. Photo: Lizlee0401, CC BY-SA 4.0.