Nan Wan
| 南 灣 - Nan Wan South Bay |
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| Waters | Luzonstrasse | |
| Land mass | Taiwan | |
| Geographical location | 21 ° 57 '34 " N , 120 ° 45' 49" E | |
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| Coastline | 600 m | |
 Entrance gate to the beach |
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Nan Wan ( Chinese 南 灣 , Pinyin Nánwān - "Southern Bay") is a bay and its beach in the municipality of Hengchun in Pingtung County , in the Republic of China on Taiwan . It belongs to the Kenting National Park area .
Names
The Chinese Nanwan is written in Chinese script in traditional characters 南 灣 or 南 湾 in simplified characters . Other older names are Gualiang or Kwa-liang Bay . The historical English names of the bay are "Blue Bay" or "South Bay".
geography
The bay is limited to the west by Cape Maobitou and to the east by Cape Eluanbi . The beach is popular because of its white sand. It is 600 m long and extends on the east side of the bay. The bay itself is also bounded by small rocks or islets: Xikuai Jiao (細 塊 礁) and Dalaogu (大老 鼓) in the west, as well as Shiniuzi (石 牛仔), Chuanfan Shi () and Dafou Sha () in the east. At the northern end of the bay is the Maanshan nuclear power plant . There is also the anchorage Dabanlie Maodi (Taihanretsu) and the fishing port of Houbihu Yugang (後壁 湖 漁港).
history
Under Japanese rule , the bay was used as a landing point for whaling. Today there are still the fishing villages of Dingtanzi (頂 潭 仔), Houbihu (後壁 湖), Shizitou (獅 仔 頭), Nanwan (南 灣), Tiaoshi (跳 石) and Tanziwan (潭 仔 灣).
Freetime activities
Around the beach there are changing rooms, toilets, sales and rental stands for water sports items, small restaurants and parking spaces. The beach itself can be reached by public transport such as the bus from Xinzuoying Station or Kaohsiung Station (高雄 車站; pinyin: Gāoxióng chēzhàn) of the Taiwan Railways Administration (台灣 鐵路 Taiwan Tielu).
literature
- William Campbell : The Island of Formosa: Its Past and Future . In: Scottish Geographical Magazine . tape 12 , no. 8 , 1896, pp. 385-399 , doi : 10.1080 / 00369229608732903 (English, pdf ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nanwan (South Bay) . Taiwan.gov.tw. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ^ South Bay (Nanwan) travel guide of hot destinations-TravelKing. Travelking.com.tw, accessed January 6, 2020 .
- ^ Campbell 1896 map .
- ↑ geonames.org.
- ↑ Nanwan . Retrieved April 10, 2018.
