Arkona (Qingdao)
Arkona (Xiao Qingdao) |
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Arkona in the background (right) | ||
Waters | Yellow Sea | |
Geographical location | 36 ° 3 ′ N , 120 ° 19 ′ E | |
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Highest elevation | 20 m | |
Residents | uninhabited |
Arkona (also Arcona , Small Qingdao Island , Chinese 小 青島 / 小 青岛 , Pinyin Xiǎo Qīngdǎo ) is an island near the Chinese port city of Qingdao . The name goes back to the German colonial times.
geography
Arkona is only a few hundred meters from mainland China, with which it was connected by a road. There is a small park on the wooded island. The highest point is about 20 meters. It offers visitors a glimpse of the Qingdao skyline .
history
The island became known to the Germans as Tsingtau , which they transferred to the European city on the opposite coast. The Arkona Island lighthouse was built here around 1904 and is still a landmark of the island today.
Naming
The cruiser corvette Arcona , named after Cape Arkona on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen , was a ship in the fleet that occupied the Kiautschou Bay in 1897.
photos
Web links
- Arkonainsel , Deutsches Koloniallexikon , Volume 1, Leipzig 1920, p. 82.
- Small Qingdao Island ( Memento June 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- Small Qingdao Island. In: china.org.cn. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .