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Zhengyi Village

Beiding Island

Beiding Island is an island located east of Greater Kinmen in , Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. On September 8, 1978, a butchers group from visited and Beiding Island to bring gifts to the soldiers there.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island south of Kinmen
  • Also known as: “Pei-ting Tao”, “Peiting Tao”, and “Peiting Yu”
  • Historically known as: “Dodd Island”, “Dodd’s Island”, and “Pakting”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jinhu.

Town
Photo: rheins, CC BY 3.0.
Township is an urban township of , Fujian Province, Republic of China. It is in the Taiwan Strait, on the coast of mainland China. Township is the largest township in Kinmen County. is situated 9 km west of Beiding Island.

Beiding Island

Latitude
24.42742° or 24° 25′ 39″ north
Longitude
118.50511° or 118° 30′ 18″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
7PPWCGG4+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3701482371
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1670700
Wiki­data ID
Q49632652
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Beiding Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Beiding Dao”
  • Chinese: “北椗岛”
  • Chinese: “北椗島”
  • Chinese: “北碇岛”
  • Chinese: “北碇島”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pet tàng tó”
  • Japanese: “北碇島”
  • Korean: “北碇島”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Bắc Đính”
  • Yue Chinese: “北椗島”
  • Yue Chinese: “北碇島”

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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 “Beiding Island”. Photo: Lizlee0401, CC BY-SA 4.0.