Dongji Island Introduction
Dongji Islet, also known as Dongji Island, is an island in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan. It serves as an important base on the Tai-Peng shipping route and is administratively part of Dongji Village, Wangan Township, Penghu County. The waters surrounding the island (excluding the island itself) belong to the Taijiang National Park, extending to Tainan City. As for the island itself, as of 2009, approximately 1.34 square kilometers of land have been designated as part of the Penghu Nanhai Basalt Natural Preserve. Dongji Islet holds significant strategic importance and has historically been a transshipment point for maritime trade between Taiwan and Penghu. During the Japanese colonial period, to secure control over the Taiwan-Penghu area, military camps and lighthouses were constructed at both the northern and southern ends of the island, and troops were stationed to oversee the surrounding waters. Local residents graze sheep, and from the mountaintops in the north, the view of traditional red-tiled and white-walled houses, along with black and white sheep against green grass, creates a picturesque scene. Located 500 meters northwest of Dongji Islet is Shuhuo Islet, an uninhabited island. Approximately 4.5 kilometers to the west lies Xiji Islet, which was once inhabited and had a branch school, but is currently uninhabited. The area of Dongji Islet is approximately 1.5423 square kilometers at high tide and expands to about 1.9045 square kilometers at low tide.
