Dongju

alternative Dongjyu · alternative Tungchu

1. An island of Juguang, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.

   This is the southernmost inhabited island in the Matsu archipelago, actually consisting of two islands, Dongjyu (Dongju) and Sijyu (Xiju).

   2007, Phil Macdonald, “Straits Islands”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, 2nd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206, column 1

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   The main Nationalist island bases off Fukien include Big and Little Quemoy, which are within artillery range of Communist-held Amoy; Matsu, forty miles northeast of Foochow, and the Paichuan Islands (Hsichuan and Tungchuan), about fifteen miles southeast of Matsu. Among the major Chekiang bases are the Yüshan Islands, about 160 miles southeast of Shanghai; the Tachen Islands, about thirty miles southeast of Haimen on Taichow Bay, and Peishan about forty miles northeast of Wenchow.

   [1972 [1952 November 24], Henry R. Lieberman, “Islands Outposts for War on Peiping”, in O. Edmund Clubb, editor, China, Arno Press, sourced from Hong Kong, The New York Times, December 7, 1952, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 161, column 2

   This is the southernmost inhabited island in the Matsu archipelago, actually consisting of two islands, Dongju and Xiju. About 600 civilians live on the islands, most in the village of Dapu, in the center of Dongju. At the island's northern tip is the Dongju Lighthouse, buijt by the British after the Opium Wars of the mid-19th century and still in use.

   2011, Phil Macdonald, “Strait Islands”, in Taiwan, 3rd edition (Travel), National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 206, column 1

   Three ferries per day sail from Nangan to Xiju’s Qingfan Port and Dongju’s Mengao Harbour (departs 🕘︎ 07.00, 11.00 & 14.30; takes 50mins; NTD200 one-way). These boats sometimes stop at Dongju before Xiju; confirm the first destination when buying your ticket. Sailing time between Xiju and Dongju is 15 minutes. Ferries return to Nangan right away.

   2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 328

   The islands of Jyuguang Township (莒光鄉; Jǔguāng xiāng), Dongju (東莒; Dōngjǔ; Tongchu) and Xiju (西莒; Xījǔ; Hsichu), are the most southerly of Matsu’s islands. Both are remote and sparsely inhabited, but there's some pretty scenery.

   2017 May, Piera Chen, Dinah Gardner, “Taiwan's Islands”, in Lonely Planet Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 10th edition (Travel), Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299

   In addition to daily flights often disrupted by fog between March and May from and to Taiwan proper, ferries are the main means of transportation between Taiwan and Matsu and between islands in Matsu, including services from Nangan to Jyuguang Township two main islands -- Dongju and Xiju.

   2023 March 6, Joseph Yeh, “Taiwan military plane taking meat to frontline troops amid supply shortage”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2023, Politics

   Synonyms: Dongquan