Lalu Island
Lalu Island is a small island in Sun Moon Lake, Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Park
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Kuang-hua Tao” and “La-lu Tao”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sun Moon Lake and Sun Moon Lake Jesus Church.
Sun Moon Lake
Photo: Chi-Hung Lin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sun Moon Lake is a lake in Yuchi Township, Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the largest body of water in Taiwan. The area around the lake is home to the Thao people, one of Taiwan's indigenous ethnic groups.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ita thao and Yuchi.
Ita thao
Village
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
Ita thao is a village, which is situated 2½ km southeast of Lalu Island.
Yuchi
Town
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yuchi Township is a rural township in the center of Nantou County, Taiwan. It is the location of the Sun Moon Lake, a tourist attraction. Yuchi is situated 5 km northeast of Lalu Island.
Shuili
Photo: Winstonlee, Public domain.
Shuili is a township in Nantou County. The area has a population of approximately 20,000 spread out over 107 km2.
Lalu Island
- Categories: island and recreation area
- Location: Taiwan Province, Taiwan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.85568° or 23° 51′ 21″ northLongitude
120.91128° or 120° 54′ 41″ eastElevation
747 metres (2,451 feet)Open location code
7QM2VW46+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 558290837OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Lalu Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Guanghua Dao”
- Chinese: “Lalu Tó”
- Chinese: “光華島”
- Chinese: “拉魯島”
- Chinese: “拉鲁岛”
- Chinese: “水中島”
- Chinese: “浮嶼”
- Chinese: “玉島”
- Chinese: “珠仔山”
- Chinese: “珠嶼”
- French: “île de Lalu”
- French: “Île de Lalu”
- French: “ïle Lalu”
- Japanese: “ラル島”
- Literary Chinese: “拉魯島”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chu-á-sū”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Lalu-tó”
- Spanish: “Isla Lalu”
- Yue Chinese: “拉魯島”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Qinglongshan and 水社.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 玄光碼頭 and 青龍山宗教公園.
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