Orchid Island

Orchid Island, known as Pongso no Tao by the indigenous Tao people, is a 45 km2 volcanic island located off the southeastern coast of Taiwan. The island and the nearby Lesser Orchid Island are governed by Taiwan as Lanyu Township in , which is one of the county's two insular townships.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 460 metres (1,500 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code KYD
  • Also known as
    “Hung-t’on Hsu”
    “Hung-t’ou Hsü”
    “Koto Island”
    “Koto Sho”
    “Kotosho Island”
    “Lan Hsü”
    “Lan Yü”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lan-yü Airport and Lanyu Power Plant.
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The Lanyu Airport is an airport on , , . is situated 2½ km south of Orchid Island.
The is a fuel-fired power plant… is situated 3 km south of Orchid Island.
靖天子, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 3 km west of Orchid Island.

Orchid Island

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Latitude
22.05111° or 22° 3′ 4″ north
Longitude
121.54083° or 121° 32′ 27″ east
UN/LOCODE
TW KYD
Open location code
7QJ33G2R+C8
Geo­Names ID
1673093

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Orchid Island” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “蘭嶼”
  • Czech: “Orchidejový ostrov”
  • French: “Lanyu”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Làn-yí”
  • Japanese: “蘭嶼”
  • Korean: “란위 섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Lan Ju”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lân-sū”
  • Mongolian: “Лань”
  • Russian: “Лань”
  • Spanish: “Isla Orquídea”
  • Vietnamese: “Lan Tự”

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