Bethune Island
Bethune Island is an island in Guangdong, South China. Bethune Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Houjiao, as well as near Xiaozhou.Places of Interest
Highlights include Xinguang Bridge and Lijiao.
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.
Shaxi
Metro station
Photo: TimWu007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shaxi Station is a station on Line 18 of the Guangzhou Metro, located underground northwest of the intersection of Panyu Bridge and Shaxi Avenue on Shajiao Island in Guangzhou's Panyu District. It opened on 28 September 2021.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haizhu and Guanzhou Island.
Haizhu
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
Quarter
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
23.0549° or 23° 3′ 18″ northLongitude
113.33003° or 113° 19′ 48″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
7PMM383J+X2GeoNames ID
12076941
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