Bethune Island

Bethune Island is an island in Guangdong, South China. Bethune Island is situated nearby to the village Houjiao, as well as near Xiaozhou.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Xinguang Bridge and Panyu Bridge.

Xinguang Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Wallace Lan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Xinguang Bridge is an arch bridge located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Opened in 2008, it has a main span of 428 metres making it one of the ten longest arch bridge spans in the world.

Lijiao

Metro station

Photo: Nissangeniss, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lijiao Station is an interchange station between Line 3 and the Guangfo line of the Guangzhou Metro, and also the eastern terminus of the Guangfo line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haizhu and Guanzhou Island.

Haizhu

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Haizhu is a district in Guangzhou. It lies just south of historic Guangzhou, across the Pearl River. Locals refer to this part of Guangzhou as Henan, meaning south of the river.

Guanzhou Island, formerly known in English as Dove Island, is an island in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. It is also branded as Guangzhou International Biotech Island since July 2011, forming the centre of Guangzhou's biotech basis. Guanzhou Island is situated 4½ km northeast of Bethune Island.

Pazhou

Suburb

Photo: Shujianyang, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pazhou is a subdistrict of Haizhu in southeastern Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, in China. Pazhou Island, formerly Whampoa Island, has a total area of 15 km2 and is the site of Pazhou Pagoda. Pazhou is situated 5 km north of Bethune Island.

Bethune Island

Type: Island
Category: landform
Location: Guangdong, South China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

23.0549° or 23° 3′ 18″ north

Longitude

113.33003° or 113° 19′ 48″ east

Elevation

1 metre (3 feet)

Open location code

7PMM383J+X2

GeoNames ID

12076941

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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