page_title: Wanshan Archipelago
section_title: List of islands
hierarchical_section_title: Wanshan Archipelago / Geography / List of islands
caption_attribution_description: English: Islas del archipiélago Wanshan, Hong KongEnglish: Islands of Wanshan Archipelago, Hong Kong
context_page_description: The Wanshan Archipelago, formerly known as the Ladrones Islands, is a 104-island archipelago that is a part of Xiangzhou District in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China.
context_section_description: Islands of the archipelago include:
  Dangan Liedao (担杆列岛), the eastern group of Wanshan archipelago, and the eastern half of the former Lema Islands chain
  Dangan Dao (担杆岛), 13.2 km² in area and the largest of the islands; 200 permanent residents mainly along Zhangmu Bay and Hengkeng.
  Erzhou Dao (二洲岛), 8.15 km²
  Zhiwan Dao (直湾岛), 4.5 km²
  Xidan Dao (细担岛), 0.85 km²
  Jiapeng Liedao (佳蓬列岛), the southern group of Wanshan archipelago, and the western half of the former Lema Islands chain
  Eyan Shi Dao (枙咽石岛, O-yen Shih). A 39m high islet about 1 mile north of Beijian Dao.
  Beijian Dao (北尖岛), 3.17 km². Two peaks rising almost perpendicularly to a height of 300m on the southwestern end of the island, are known as Asses' Ears.
  Miaowan Dao (庙湾岛), 1.46 km² in area. 240m high. It has a small population of fishermen.
  Shan Zhou (杉洲), 0.16 km²
  Wanzhou Dao (湾洲岛)
  Ping Zhou (平洲), 0.144 km²
  Wenwei Zhou (蚊尾洲; 'Mosquito Tail Island', also Gap Rock in English), 0.022 km². The small island is in the form of two hillocks, about 80 to 100 feet high, and the island derives its English name from the gap between them. The Gap Rock Lighthouse (蚊尾洲燈塔) on the island was built to serve as a navigation aid to vessels sailing to Hong Kong. It was built by a Hong Kong contractor and partly funded by the Imperial Qing Government for both construction and maintenance costs. Besides the lighthouse it had separate European and Chinese living quarters, telegraph and storage rooms. It came into operation in 1892 under Hong Kong control (island still under Chinese sovereignty) staffed by British lighthouse keeper and Chinese assistants. The lighthouse lenses and windows were damaged by typhoons in 1893 and 1905, the keepers eventually abandoned the site, civil war in China left it in ruins by the 1930s and 1940s. Taken over in 1949 by the Communists in Beijing, lighthouse was restored in 1986 with solar panels and fully automated. A small helipad was added in by the Chinese.
  Southwestern group:
  Dawanshan Dao (大万山岛), 8.07 km². The seat of Wanshan Town (万山镇) of Zhuhai is located on the island
  Xiaowanshan Dao (小万山岛), 4.35 km².
  Baili Dao (白沥岛), 7.94 km²
  Dong'ao Dao (东澳岛), 4.62 km² in area with population of 500. Club Med opened a holiday resort on the island in 2014.
  Heng Zhou (横洲), 0.54 km²
  Zhu Zhou (竹洲; 'Bamboo Island'), 1.66 km²
  Gui Zhou (贵洲), 0.32 km²
  Dalie Dao (大烈岛), 0.36 km²
  Huangmao Dao (黄茅岛), 1.08 km²
  Central group, located south of Lantau:
  Wai Lingding Dao (外伶仃岛), 3.7 km² in area and a tourist attraction with natural sites (Dangandao Provincial Nature Reserve) and temples. The seat of Dangan Town (担杆镇) of Zhuhai is located on the island
  Sanmen Liedao (三门列岛)
  Hei Zhou
  Henggang Dao, 0.74 km²
  Sanmen Dao (三门岛), 0,98 km²
  Sanmen Zhou (三门洲)
  Yuangang Dao (圆岗岛), 0.016 km²
  Zhuwantou Dao, 0.33 km²
  Aizhou Liedao (隘洲列岛)
  Ai Zhou (隘洲), 1.2 km²
  Ai Zhou Zi (隘洲仔; 'baby Aizhou'), 0.6 km²
  Northwestern group, located between Lantau and Macau:
  Zhizhou Liedao (蜘洲列岛)
  Dazhi Zhou (大蜘洲), 1.67 km²
  Xiaozhi Zhou (小蜘洲), 1.2 km²
  Guishan Dao (桂山岛) - formerly PLA base from the 1950s. The seat of Guishan Town (桂山镇) of Zhuhai is located on the island
  Niutou Dao (牛头岛), 1.1 km². Connected by a road to Guishan Dao
  Zhongxin Zhou (中心洲), 0.6 km²
  Chitou Dao (赤滩岛), 0.17 km²
  Sanjiaoshan Dao (三角山岛), 0.82 km²
  Qing Zhou (青洲)
  Sanjiao Zhou
  Dalu Dao (大碌岛)
  Datou Zhou (大头洲)
caption: Beijian Dao
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