Gaodeng

alternative Kaoteng

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

   Meanwhile, the Mazu islands included a number of smaller islands, including Beigan (北竿) and Gaodeng.

   2013, Bruce A. Elleman, “PRC Disputes with the ROC on Taiwan”, in Beijing's Power and China's Borders: Twenty Neighbors in Asia, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 271

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   In addition to Taiwan Island, Taipei governs some distant groups of islands/ rocks (Mazu Islands and Kinmen Islands), some of which are located at a sight distance from mainland China (e.g., Gaodeng Island is located 9 km from mainland China and Kinmen Islands are situated a couple of km east of China’s Xiamen city).

   2022, Alexander Lott, “Tensions in and over the Taiwan Strait in 2021”, in Nilufer Oral, editor, Hybrid Threats and the Law of the Sea: Use of Force and Discriminatory Navigational Restrictions in Straits (International Straits of the World), volume 19, Brill Nijhoff, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177

   A Matsu website reported Friday (May 20) that two speedboats had recently appeared near Gaodeng Island, part of Matsu’s Beigan Township, with individuals on board wearing helmets and showing no intention of fishing.

   2022 May 21, Matthew Strong, “Taiwan coast guard doubts PLA piloted speedboats near outlying island”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 21 May 2022, Politics

   For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (東莒) and Sijyu (西莒), as well as smaller islets. When I was doing education and promotional work across Taiwan in the Young Women’s Working Brigade, I visited Matsu four times, visiting Beigan (北竿), Nangan (南竿) and Dongyin (東引) townships, as well Dongjyu and Sijyu, along with other islands such as Liang (亮島) and Gaodeng (高登), with each tour lasting three months.

   2023 March 9, Ling-ling (張玲玲) Chang, “Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023, Editorials, page 8

   According to Lii, while port declarations show that boats carrying lobsters applied 33 times to leave for Daqiu Island, which is currently uninhabited, ship records show that the vessels instead sailed to waters off Gaodeng Island, which is located nearly 9.25 kilometers from the Beijiao Peninsula in China's Fujian Province, where they made transactions with Chinese fishing boats at sea.

   2023 March 17, Chang Ai, Wang Chao-yu, Evelyn Kao, “Matsu lobster smugglers face NT$98 million fines”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 16 Mar 2023, Cross-Strait