Dezhou Island

Coordinates: 23°19′37″N 116°45′22″E / 23.327°N 116.756°E / 23.327; 116.756
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Dezhou Island seen from Shantou Bay Bridge

Dezhou Island (Chinese: 德洲岛; pinyin: Dézhōu Dǎo), also known as Lu Yu (Chinese: 鹿屿; pinyin: Lù Yǔ),[a] is an island in the waterway used by the Port of Shantou, 0.5 km from Dahao Island [zh]. It has an area of 0.136 square kilometers and has a well-preserved lighthouse that was built in 1880.[1]

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Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ The characters 德 and 鹿 are homophones in Chaoshan dialect.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "汕头鹿屿岛违建追踪:传修建者大有来头". 2010-07-08. Archived from the original on 2019-05-19.
  • "汕头市地名志"

23°19′37″N 116°45′22″E / 23.327°N 116.756°E / 23.327; 116.756