Pengjia Islet (), also known as P'eng-chia Hsü, Hōka-sho, Agincourt, Dashihshan Islet, Chaolai Islet, P'eng-chia Yü or Pengchia Islet, is an

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north of

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and is administered under

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. It is under Taiwanese military control and cannot be visited by ordinary citizens.

History

In September 1984, forty plus fishing boats from Japan intruded on the territorial waters of Pengchia Islet (Pengjia Islet). Their catch was estimated to be worth 20 million TWD. On 7 September 2012 and again on 9 April 2016, President

Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, t=馬英九; pinyin: ''Mǎ Yīngjiǔ''; ; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician, lawyer, and legal scholar who served as the sixth president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT ...

visited Pengjia Islet.

Geography

Pengjia Islet part of Zhongzheng, Keelung, Taiwan (ROC). The islet is located to the northeast of Keelung. The islet is surrounded by cliffs on its eastern, southern and northern sides. On the western side, the sea is full of reef and rocks. The only safe way to land on the island is via the dock on the southwestern side.

Climate

Demographics

There are no long-term residents on the islet. As of 2002, there were about 40 itinerant residents living on the island, who are mostly employees of the weather observatory and coast guard divisions. The island had over 100 inhabitants in the 1890s, when George MacKay wrote ''From Far Formosa'' (see page 185).

Infrastructures

* Pengjia Lighthouse

Maps

File:Seconde partie de la carte d'Asie contenant la Chine et partie de la Tartarie (Senkaku).jpg, Map including Pengjia Islet (labeled as Pon-kia) (1752) File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550514-hoka-sho-2523-iv.jpg, Map of Pengjia Islet (labeled as HŌKA-SHO (AGINCOURT ISLAND)) (

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, 1944) File:Txu-oclc-6557994-index-457.jpg, Map including Pengjia Islet (labeled as P'eng-chia Hsü (Hōka-sho) ) (AMS, 1950) File:Nationalist China - administrative divisons. LOC 2007633622.jpg, Map including Pengjia Islet (labeled as P'eng-chia Hsü) (1962)

References

External links

Pengjia Islet: An Introduction
Directorate General of Customs, Republic of China {{coord, 25, 37, 46, N, 122, 4, 17, E, type:isle_region:TW, display=title Islands of Taiwan Islands of the East China Sea Landforms of Keelung