Pengjia Islet
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| location = Zhongzheng, Keelung, Taiwan{{cite web|url=https://www.klzz.gov.tw/district-inquiries/todayjz|website=基隆市中正區公所|script-title=zh:今日中正|access-date=23 April 2019|trans-title=Today's Zhongzheng|quote=3.本區北面面臨太平洋，並包括有和平島、彭佳嶼、基隆嶼、棉花嶼、花瓶嶼等島嶼自然地理景觀豐富}}{{cite web|url=https://www.land.moi.gov.tw/ngis/chhtml/main.asp?area=CB01&type=byArea|script-title=zh:基隆市土地段名代碼表|publisher=Department of Land Administration|date=16 December 2014|access-date=22 September 2019|language=zh-tw|quote={{lang|zh-tw|基隆市土地段名代碼表 地政事務所名稱(代碼) 信義(CB) 鄉鎮市區名稱(代碼) 中正區(01){...}段 小段 代碼 備註{...}彭佳嶼 0026}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.klcg.gov.tw/en/TouristInfo/Scenery#scenery3|title=Beautiful Scenery|website=Keelung City Government|access-date=23 April 2019|quote=Pengjia Islet (Agincourt){...}This islet remains a military control district; hence, citizen is not allowed to visit the islet. However, one might be able to see the islet by taking a fishing boat to sail around the islet. }}{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/09/mil-120907-cna09.htm|title=Pengjia Islet gets rare attention from Ma's visit|date=7 September 2012|website=GlobalSecurity.org|quote=The normally obscure outcrop, which falls administratively under Keelung City, is one of three islets off of Taiwan's northern coast -- the others are Mianhua Islet and Huaping Islet -- considered to be of strategic importance to the country.}}
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{{Location map
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Pengjia Islet ({{zh|t={{linktext|彭佳|嶼}}|hp=péng jiā yǔ{{cite web|url=http://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/cgi-bin/cbdic/gsweb.cgi?o=dcbdic&searchid=Z00000024301|language=zh-tw|script-title=zh:教育部重編國語辭典修訂本|access-date=28 September 2019|quote=字詞 【彭佳嶼】 注音 ㄆㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄚ ㄩˇ 漢語拼音 péng jiā yǔ 釋義 島名。位於基隆東北方隸屬基隆市。島上東、南、北三面都是斷崖，西岸多礁石，唯一安全的登陸點是西南岸的碼頭。島上無常住人口，只有看守燈塔及氣象站的工作人員。}}{{cite book|script-title=zh:臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版 |trans-title=Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition|language=zh-tw|date=February 2018|publisher=National Museum of Taiwan History|isbn=978-986-05-5274-4|pages=119|location=Taipei|quote={{lang|zh-tw|方地灣臺{...}嶼佳彭{...}1938年}}}}}}), also known as P'eng-chia Hsü, Hōka-sho,{{cite web |url=http://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/taiwan/txu-oclc-6557994-ng51-10-450.jpg |title=Map: Tai-pei Shei |website=legacy.lib.utexas.edu |access-date=4 August 2021}} Agincourt,{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/mapofchinashan/page/1|title=Index to the New Map of China (In English and Chinese)|date=1914|quote=Agincourt Island ... 愛近高脫島 Formosa ... 臺灣 ... 25.38N 122.7 E|page=1|publisher=Far Eastern Geographical Establishment|location=Shanghai}} Dashihshan Islet, Chaolai Islet, P'eng-chia Yü or Pengchia Islet, is an islet north of Taiwan and is administered under Zhongzheng District, Keelung City. It is under Taiwanese military control and cannot be visited by ordinary citizens.
History
In September 1984, forty plus fishing boats from Japan intruded on the territorial waters of Pengchia Islet (Pengjia Islet). Their catch was estimated to be worth 20 million TWD.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA337879/page/n59|via=Internet Archive|title=China Report POLITICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS|date=12 October 1984|publisher=Foreign Broadcast Information Service|page=55|quote=NAVY WATCHING JAPANESE FISHING NEAR PENGCHIA}}
On 7 September 2012 and again on 9 April 2016, President Ma Ying-jeou visited Pengjia Islet.{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2012/09/mil-120907-cna09.htm|title=Pengjia Islet gets rare attention from Ma's visit|date=7 September 2012|website=GlobalSecurity.org|quote=The normally obscure outcrop, which falls administratively under Keelung City, is one of three islets off of Taiwan's northern coast -- the others are Mianhua Islet and Huaping Islet -- considered to be of strategic importance to the country.}}{{cite web|url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/1658812|script-title=zh:馬英九將登彭佳嶼 邀保釣人士參與|language=zh-tw|date=9 April 2016|access-date=20 September 2019}}
Geography
Pengjia Islet part of Zhongzheng, Keelung, Taiwan (ROC). The islet is located to the northeast of Keelung. The islet is surrounded by cliffs on its eastern, southern and northern sides. On the western side, the sea is full of reef and rocks. The only safe way to land on the island is via the dock on the southwestern side.
Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
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|collapsed = Y
|location = Pengjia Islet (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1910–present）
|Jan high C = 17.9
|Feb high C = 18.5
|Mar high C = 20.3
|Apr high C = 23.4
|May high C = 26.4
|Jun high C = 29.3
|Jul high C = 31.3
|Aug high C = 31.1
|Sep high C = 29.0
|Oct high C = 25.9
|Nov high C = 23.1
|Dec high C = 19.6
|Jan mean C = 15.8
|Feb mean C = 16.2
|Mar mean C = 17.7
|Apr mean C = 20.7
|May mean C = 23.6
|Jun mean C = 26.3
|Jul mean C = 28.1
|Aug mean C = 28.0
|Sep mean C = 26.4
|Oct mean C = 23.8
|Nov mean C = 21.1
|Dec mean C = 17.6
|year mean C =
|Jan low C = 13.9
|Feb low C = 14.2
|Mar low C = 15.5
|Apr low C = 18.5
|May low C = 21.6
|Jun low C = 24.3
|Jul low C = 26.0
|Aug low C = 25.9
|Sep low C = 24.7
|Oct low C = 22.2
|Nov low C = 19.4
|Dec low C = 15.8
|Jan record high C = 26.4 |Jan record low C = 2.4
|Feb record high C = 27.5 |Feb record low C = 4.5
|Mar record high C = 28.8 |Mar record low C = 5.2
|Apr record high C = 30.8 |Apr record low C = 7.8
|May record high C = 32.7 |May record low C = 12.8
|Jun record high C = 33.9 |Jun record low C = 15.5
|Jul record high C = 35.9 |Jul record low C = 18.9
|Aug record high C = 35.6 |Aug record low C = 19.9
|Sep record high C = 34.0 |Sep record low C = 18.0
|Oct record high C = 32.8 |Oct record low C = 12.7
|Nov record high C = 29.2 |Nov record low C = 6.0
|Dec record high C = 28.4 |Dec record low C = 4.4
|year high C= |year low C=
|year high F = |year low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 115.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 122.2
|Mar precipitation mm = 134.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 130.0
|May precipitation mm = 193.8
|Jun precipitation mm = 190.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 109.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 185.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 196.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 124.5
|Nov precipitation mm = 121.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 127.0
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 16.3
| Feb precipitation days = 15.4
| Mar precipitation days = 17.0
| Apr precipitation days = 13.8
| May precipitation days = 13.2
| Jun precipitation days = 11.5
| Jul precipitation days = 6.2
| Aug precipitation days = 9.7
| Sep precipitation days = 11.1
| Oct precipitation days = 11.1
| Nov precipitation days = 14.4
| Dec precipitation days = 14.9
|year precipitation days =
|Jan humidity = 77.6
|Feb humidity = 79.4
|Mar humidity = 80.6
|Apr humidity = 82.0
|May humidity = 84.6
|Jun humidity = 87.5
|Jul humidity = 85.6
|Aug humidity = 85.1
|Sep humidity = 82.5
|Oct humidity = 77.0
|Nov humidity = 77.9
|Dec humidity = 76.1
|Jan sun = 62.3
|Feb sun = 62.7
|Mar sun = 90.8
|Apr sun = 110.2
|May sun = 143.0
|Jun sun = 177.9
|Jul sun = 276.2
|Aug sun = 253.6
|Sep sun = 203.6
|Oct sun = 154.8
|Nov sun = 94.1
|Dec sun = 65.9
|source 1 = Central Weather Bureau{{cite web |url = https://www.cwb.gov.tw/V8/C/C/Statistics/monthlymean.html|title = Monthly Mean |publisher = Central Weather Bureau |access-date = 9 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_18.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計 |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=9 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_19.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最高氣溫統計(續) |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=9 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_20.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計 |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=9 February 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cwb.gov.tw/Data/climate/Statistics/pdf/sort_21.pdf |title=氣象站各月份最低氣溫統計(續) |publisher=Central Weather Bureau |language=zh |access-date=9 February 2023}}
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Demographics
There are no long-term residents on the islet. As of 2002, there were about 40 itinerant residents living on the island, who are mostly employees of the weather observatory and coast guard divisions.{{cite web |url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2002/06/17/140693 |title=Lighthouse keepers part of Pengchia Islet history |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2002-06-17 |access-date=2009-06-29}}
The island had over 100 inhabitants in the 1890s, when George MacKay wrote From Far Formosa (see page 185).
Infrastructures
Maps
File:Seconde partie de la carte d'Asie contenant la Chine et partie de la Tartarie (Senkaku).jpg|Map including Pengjia Islet (labeled as Pon-kia) (1752)
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550514-hoka-sho-2523-iv.jpg|Map of Pengjia Islet (labeled as HŌKA-SHO (AGINCOURT ISLAND)) (AMS, 1944)
File:Txu-oclc-6557994-index-457.jpg|Map including Pengjia Islet (labeled as P'eng-chia Hsü (Hōka-sho) {{lang|zh-tw|彭佳嶼}}) (AMS, 1950)
File:Nationalist China - administrative divisons. LOC 2007633622.jpg|Map including Pengjia Islet (labeled as P'eng-chia Hsü) (1962)
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Pengjia Islet}}
{{Wiktionary|Pengjia|Pengchia}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110820020719/http://lighthouse.customs.gov.tw/english/content_island.htm Pengjia Islet: An Introduction], Directorate General of Customs, Republic of China
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