page_title: Dongding Island
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Dongding Island / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Amoy and Surroundings 1954
context_page_description: Dongding Island, is an 0.0160 square kilometer island in the Taiwan Strait in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. The island is the southernmost point of Kinmen County. The island is near Longhai City, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.
context_section_description: Dongding Island is about 13 km (8.1 mi) off the mainland coast and 25 km (16 mi) south-southwest of Kinmen.
  The island has been described as "a bare rock, miles from any land". It is 55 meters high with steep cliffs. The top of the island is grassy. The south end of the island is linked to the rest of the island by a small strip of land. Nearby shipwrecks are unmarked and treacherous to navigation.
  There are no trees, and sheer cliffs surround the island. There were rabbits on the island in the early 1950s. A zig-zagging stairway leads from a small concrete jetty to the summit area. The island has machine gun nests and rifle pits. There is a courtyard next to the lighthouse and old light-keeper's house. There is a basketball court and there are buildings that were built for the soldiers.
  The Dongding Island Lighthouse is the westernmost lighthouse in Taiwan (ROC).
caption: Map including the lighthouse on Dongding Island (labeled as 'Light') (AMS, 1954)
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