Dongji Island Introduction
Dongji Island, also known as Dongji Yu, is an island in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan. It serves as an important point in the Tai-Peng shipping route and is administratively part of Dongji Village in Wang-an Township, Penghu County. The waters surrounding this island (excluding the island itself) belong to the Taijiang National Park and extend to Tainan City. As for the island itself, approximately 1.34 square kilometers of land have been designated as part of the Penghu South Sea Basalt Nature Reserve as of 2009. Dongji Island holds significant strategic importance and has historically served as a transshipment station for maritime trade between Taiwan and Penghu. During the Japanese occupation, military camps and lighthouses were established at both the northern and southern ends of the island to secure control over the area and military personnel were stationed to oversee nearby waters. Local residents graze sheep, and from the northern mountain peak, the sight of traditional red-tiled, white-walled houses amidst green grass and the contrasting black and white sheep creates a picturesque scene. About 500 meters northwest of Dongji Island is Hu Tou Yu, an uninhabited island. Approximately 4.5 kilometers to the west lies Xi Ji Island, which was once inhabited and had a branch school, but is now also uninhabited. The area of Dongji Island is 1.5423 square kilometers at high tide and 1.9045 square kilometers at low tide.
