Cape Maobitou

Cape Maobitou is a cape in the township of Hengchun in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It lies within Kenting National Park and forms the western boundary of South Bay. It is one of the southernmost points on Taiwan Island.

Cape Maobitou
貓鼻頭
Cape Maobitou (2011)
Taiwan
LocationHengchun, Pingtung County, Republic of China
Coordinates21°55′11″N 120°44′22″E
GeologyCape
Cape Maobitou
Maobitou (2017)
Traditional Chinese貓鼻頭
Simplified Chinese猫鼻头
Literal meaningCat's Nose
Cat Cape
Former names
Waves at Maobitou (2009)
Maobi
Traditional Chinese貓鼻
Simplified Chinese猫鼻
Literal meaningCat's Nose
Cat Cape

Name
Map including Cape Maobitou (labeled as Byōbi-tō) (1944)

Māobítou is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese name, written 貓鼻頭 in traditional characters and 猫鼻头 in simplified characters. It literally means "Cat Nose Head" but bítou is a simply a clarifying dialectical variation of bí, itself a dialectical name for a headland.

Maobitou or Maobi was formerly known as Niauphi,[1] from the Hokkien form of the name.

Transportation

The cape is located near Taiwan's Highway 26.

See also

References

Citations
  1. Campbell (1896), map.

Bibliography
  • Campbell, William (1896), "The Island of Formosa: Its Past and Future", Scottish Geographical Magazine (PDF), Vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 385–399, doi:10.1080/00369229608732903.
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