Orchid Island
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lanyu, Orchid Island, Taitung, Pongso no Tao, Kōtō sho, Botel Tobago, Koto island, Butul, Butrulr
volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean part of Taiwan
Key facts
- Location
- Philippine Sea
- Area
- 45 km (17 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 552 m (1811 ft)
- Highest point
- Mount Hongtou
- Township
- Lanyu
- County
- Taitung
- Country
- Taiwan
- Population
- 5,255 (February 2023)
- Ethnic groups
- Tao , Han
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Taiwan
- Located in
- Lanyu Township
- Population
- 5202
- Area
- 48.3892
- Elevation
- 185
- Time zone
- Taiwan time
- Body of water
- Philippine Sea
- Shares border with
- Itbayat
- Image
- 06.21 副總統參訪「野銀部落地下屋」 (50029231857).jpg
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- Commons category
- Orchid Island, Taitung
- Commons gallery
- 蘭嶼
- language used
- Yami
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Encyclopedic overview
Japanese name Kanji紅頭嶼 Hiraganaこうとうしょ Katakanaコウトウショ
Orchid Island, known as Pongso no Tao by Tao people, the indigenous inhabitants, is a 45 km (17 sq mi) 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 Taitung County, which is one of the county's two insular townships (the other being Lyudao Township). It is separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orchid Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.