Dongjiyu Island Introduction
Dongji Island, also known as Dongji Yu, is an island in the Penghu archipelago of Taiwan. It serves as an important waypoint on the Ta-Peng shipping route and is administratively part of Dongji Village, Wang-an Township, Penghu County. The waters surrounding the island (excluding the island itself) are part of the Taijiang National Park, extending to Tainan City. As for the island itself, approximately 1.34 square kilometers of land has been designated as part of the Penghu Nanhai Basalt Natural Reserve since 2009. Dongji Island holds significant strategic importance and has historically been a transshipment station for maritime trade between Taiwan and Penghu. It was once prosperous. During the Japanese colonial period, military barracks and lighthouses were built at both the northern and southern ends of the island to ensure control over the Taiwan-Penghu occupation, with troops stationed to oversee the surrounding waters. Local residents graze sheep, and from the mountain peaks in the north, the red-tiled, white-walled ancient houses are complemented by green grass and contrasting black-and-white sheep, creating a picturesque scene. Approximately 500 meters northwest of Dongji Island is Shudao, an uninhabited island. About 4.5 kilometers to the west lies Xiji Island, which was formerly inhabited and housed a branch school, but is now also uninhabited. The island's area is 1.5423 square kilometers at high tide and 1.9045 square kilometers at low tide.
