Meanings
- obsoleteAn island of Sugarloaf Channel, Shantou, Guangdong, China, located in the Port of Shantou and having a lighthouse.
The tidal currents set directly through Sugarloaf Channel, except northwestward of Sugarloaf Island where a branch of the outgoing current runs along the northern shore of the island.
1943, “PORT SWATOW”, in Sailing Directions for the Coast of China, U.S. Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 5242 more examples
Luyu channel, south of the two islets Luyu (Sugarloaf island) and Muyu (Double island), is about 300 yards wide with depth of 6 to 11 fm. in the fairway; north of the islands is the less frequented Eastern channel with depths of 3½ to 8 fm.
1945, China Proper, volume III, Naval Intelligence Division, →OCLC, page 266Duly relieved, Edsall the next day stood out at 11:30, conned by a local pilot, Mr. Woods. She steamed down the coast past Sugarloaf Island, Good Cape Lighthouse, Bill and Green islands, and Breaker Point Lighthouse to anchor off South Nine Pin Island (Nam Kwo Chau), near the main shipping lanes, east of the British Crown Colony at Hong Kong.
2008, Donald M. Kehn Jr., A Blue Sea of Blood, Zenith Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 44Synonyms: Luyu
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounAn island of Sugarloaf Channel, Shantou, Guangdong, China, located in the Port of Shantou and having a lighthouse.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 鹿嶼 /鹿屿
- 鹿嶼 /鹿屿 (Lùyǔ/Lùxù)island in Shantou
Cite this entry
Sugarloaf Island. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sugarloaf%20Island
“Sugarloaf Island.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sugarloaf%20Island. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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