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Gaodeng Island
26°16′25″N 119°59′12″E / 26.27361°N 119.98667°E
Gaodeng Island (Kaoteng, Kao-teng Tao) (Chinese: 高登島; pinyin: Gāodēng Dǎo; Wade–Giles: Kao1-têng1 Tao3; Foochow Romanized: Gŏ̤-dĕng-dō̤, also Pei-sha Tao (北沙島), 下目嶼, 下木嶼) is an island in the East China Sea, part of Beigan Township, Lienchiang County (the Matsu Islands), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). The island is closed to the public. Gaodeng is located 9.25 kilometres (5.75 mi) away from the Beijiao Peninsula (北茭半岛) in Lianjiang County, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (PRC). The island can be seen from the nearby Beigan Island and Daqiu Island.
In 1368, fisherman residents of the nearby Huangqi Peninsula (黃岐半島) moved to and lived on the island.
On February 13, 1951, under cover of fog, eight Chinese Communist motorized junks and more than twenty wooden ships surrounded and attacked the island. After two hours of fighting, the Chinese Communist forces were repelled.
In the early morning of November 20, 1954, ROC soldier Wang Hsi-Tien (汪喜田) was severely injured while capturing a frogman soldier from mainland China who had landed on the island. Communist soldiers who swim to the islands from the mainland are referred to among the soldiers as 'water goblins' (水鬼).
On March 4, 1955, during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, an assault on Kaoteng Island (Gaodeng) by forty Communist motorized junks was driven off.
On the three days of October 7, 11 and 14, 1955, a total of 49 rounds were fired at Kaoteng (Gaodeng) in Chinese Communist shelling of the island. On October 29, 12 rounds were fired at Gaodeng Island from Fenjishan (糞箕山) on the Beijiao Peninsula. On December 28, Nationalist and Communist forces clashed for an hour in the waters near Gaodeng Island. There were reports of shelling directed at Kaoteng (Gaodeng) later in the year. On February 3, 1956, Gaodeng Island was shelled over 600 times. On February 9, the island was shelled 154 times. On March 19, the island was shelled 119 times and Nationalist forces returned fire, firing thirteen shells. On April 24, the island was shelled 246 times. On May 17, the island was shelled 136 times.
On August 19, 1958, President Chiang Kai-shek visited the island.
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Gaodeng Island
26°16′25″N 119°59′12″E / 26.27361°N 119.98667°E
Gaodeng Island (Kaoteng, Kao-teng Tao) (Chinese: 高登島; pinyin: Gāodēng Dǎo; Wade–Giles: Kao1-têng1 Tao3; Foochow Romanized: Gŏ̤-dĕng-dō̤, also Pei-sha Tao (北沙島), 下目嶼, 下木嶼) is an island in the East China Sea, part of Beigan Township, Lienchiang County (the Matsu Islands), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan). The island is closed to the public. Gaodeng is located 9.25 kilometres (5.75 mi) away from the Beijiao Peninsula (北茭半岛) in Lianjiang County, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (PRC). The island can be seen from the nearby Beigan Island and Daqiu Island.
In 1368, fisherman residents of the nearby Huangqi Peninsula (黃岐半島) moved to and lived on the island.
On February 13, 1951, under cover of fog, eight Chinese Communist motorized junks and more than twenty wooden ships surrounded and attacked the island. After two hours of fighting, the Chinese Communist forces were repelled.
In the early morning of November 20, 1954, ROC soldier Wang Hsi-Tien (汪喜田) was severely injured while capturing a frogman soldier from mainland China who had landed on the island. Communist soldiers who swim to the islands from the mainland are referred to among the soldiers as 'water goblins' (水鬼).
On March 4, 1955, during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, an assault on Kaoteng Island (Gaodeng) by forty Communist motorized junks was driven off.
On the three days of October 7, 11 and 14, 1955, a total of 49 rounds were fired at Kaoteng (Gaodeng) in Chinese Communist shelling of the island. On October 29, 12 rounds were fired at Gaodeng Island from Fenjishan (糞箕山) on the Beijiao Peninsula. On December 28, Nationalist and Communist forces clashed for an hour in the waters near Gaodeng Island. There were reports of shelling directed at Kaoteng (Gaodeng) later in the year. On February 3, 1956, Gaodeng Island was shelled over 600 times. On February 9, the island was shelled 154 times. On March 19, the island was shelled 119 times and Nationalist forces returned fire, firing thirteen shells. On April 24, the island was shelled 246 times. On May 17, the island was shelled 136 times.
On August 19, 1958, President Chiang Kai-shek visited the island.
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