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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  • Town with about 5,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 190 metres (610 feet)
  • Description: volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean part of Taiwan
  • Also known as
    “Botel Tobago”
    “Butrulr”
    “Butud”
    “Butul”
    “Futud”
    “Hongtou Yu”
    “Hungtou Yu”
    “Koto island”
    “Kōtō sho”
    “Lan-yü”
    “Lan-yü Hsiang”
    “Lanyu Siang”
    “Lanyu Township”
    “Lanyu Xiang”
    “Orchid Island, Taitung”
    “Pangkalkalan”
    “Pongso no Tao”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lan-yü Airport and Lanyu Power Plant.
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Aerodrome
The Lanyu Airport is an airport on Orchid Island, , .
Power station
The is a fuel-fired power plant…
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Restaurant
is a restaurant.

Orchid Island

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Latitude
22.0512° or 22° 3′ 4″ north
Longitude
121.5469° or 121° 32′ 49″ east
Open location code
7QJ33G2W+FQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3429497101
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1673091
Wiki­data ID
Q701647

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In Other Languages

From Amis to Yue Chinese—“Orchid Island” goes by many names.
  • Amis: “Futud”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة الأوركيد”
  • Atayal: “Lang-syo go”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lanyu adası”
  • Catalan: “Lanyu”
  • Cebuano: “Lan Yu”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla nin Orchid”
  • Chinese: “兰屿”
  • Chinese: “兰屿乡”
  • Chinese: “台灣蘭嶼”
  • Chinese: “紅豆嶼”
  • Chinese: “紅頭嶼”
  • Chinese: “蘭嶼”
  • Chinese: “蘭嶼鄉”
  • Chinese: “蘭嶼鄕”
  • Czech: “Orchidejový ostrov”
  • Dutch: “Orchid Island”
  • Esperanto: “Orkidinsulo”
  • Finnish: “Lanyu”
  • French: “Archipel des Orchidées”
  • French: “Île des Orchidées”
  • French: “L’île des orchidées”
  • French: “Lanyu”
  • German: “Hóngtóu Yǔ”
  • German: “Kōtō-sho”
  • German: “Lányǔ”
  • German: “Orchideeninsel”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Làn-yí-hiông”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Làn-yí”
  • Hebrew: “אי אורכידאה (סחלב)”
  • Icelandic: “Bútúrú”
  • Icelandic: “Lanyu”
  • Iloko: “Isla ti Orkidia”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Lanyu”
  • Italian: “Isola delle Orchidee”
  • Italian: “Isola Orchidea”
  • Italian: “Lan-Yu”
  • Italian: “Orchid Island”
  • Italian: “Orchid”
  • Japanese: “Kōtō sho”
  • Japanese: “こうとうしょ”
  • Japanese: “紅頭嶼”
  • Japanese: “蘭嶼”
  • Japanese: “蘭嶼島”
  • Japanese: “蘭嶼郷”
  • Korean: “란위섬”
  • Korean: “란위향”
  • Ladin: “Ijula de la Orchidées”
  • Lithuanian: “Lan Ju”
  • Macedonian: “Орхидејски Остров”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Âng-tāu-sū”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Âng-thâu-sū”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lân-sū-hiong”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lân-sū”
  • Mongolian: “Лань”
  • Polish: “Lan Yu”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha das Orquídeas”
  • Russian: “Лансюй”
  • Russian: “Ланьсюй”
  • Russian: “Ланьюй”
  • Russian: “Хунтоусюй”
  • Saisiyat: “Yamizok”
  • Sakizaya: “Butud”
  • Sakizaya: “Lanyu”
  • Spanish: “Isla de las Orquídeas”
  • Spanish: “Isla Orquídea”
  • Spanish: “Lanyu”
  • Swedish: “Lanyu”
  • Turkish: “Orkide Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Ланьюй”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів орхідей”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ اورکڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Lan”
  • Vietnamese: “Lan Tự”
  • Wu Chinese: “兰屿”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘭嶼”
  • Yue Chinese: “蘭嶼鄉”

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