South Bay (Taiwan)
{{Short description|Bay in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan}}
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| name = South Bay
| other_name = 南灣
| photo = Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant, Nan Wan.jpg
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| location = Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan
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| coordinates = {{Coord|21|57|33.9|N|120|45|48.7|E|type:landmark_region:TW|display=inline,title}}
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| part_of = Kenting National Park
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| length = 600 meters
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| type = beach
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| free_data_3 = Kaohsiung Station, Xinzuoying Station
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{{Chinese |title=South Bay
|pic=File:South Bay.JPG |piccap=Entrance gate
|t={{linktext|南灣}} |s={{linktext|南湾}}
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Nán Wān |w=Nan-wan
Nan Wan |l={{nowrap|South Bay}}
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Image:1920s臺灣日治時期恆春鵝鑾鼻大板埒捕撈鯨魚 Whale near the beach of Cape Eluanbi, Hengchun, TAIWAN.jpg near Cape Eluanbi in 1920s]]
South Bay, also known by other names, is a bay and adjacent beach near Hengchun in Pingtung County, Taiwan.{{cite web|url=http://www.taiwan.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=66293&CtNode=2960&mp=10002 |title=Nanwan (South Bay) |publisher=Taiwan.gov.tw |date= |accessdate=16 May 2014}} It is part of Kenting National Park.{{cite web|url=http://www.travelking.com.tw/eng/tourguide/scenery1045.html|title=South Bay (Nanwan)|website=TravelKing|access-date=16 May 2014}}
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Names
"South Bay" is a calque of the bay's Chinese name, written {{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|南灣}}}}}} in traditional characters or {{nowrap|{{lang|zh|{{linktext|南湾}}}}}} in simplified characters. It is also known as the Nanwan, from the Chinese name's pronunciation in Mandarin; as {{nowrap|Blue Bay;}}{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} and as Gualiang or {{nowrap|Kwa-liang Bay.}}{{sfnp|Campbell|1896|loc=map}}
History
The bay used to be a whaling area during the Japanese rule. It is still home to small fishing villages.
Geography
The bay is bound on the west by Cape Maobitou and on the east by Cape Eluanbi. The beach has white sand and a length of around {{convert|600|m|sp=us}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.ktnp.gov.tw/en/News_Content.aspx?n=E7540492EC7ADFCE&sms=20AEA0313DE54E2C&s=4D3FE79A778A7AEE|title=Nanwan|website=Kenting National Park Headquarters|accessdate=10 April 2018}}
Facilities
The area around the beach provides facilities such as changing rooms, toilets, rental and sale of swimming equipment, restaurants and parking. Common activities at the beach and its surrounding areas are swimming, surfing, snorkeling, scuba diving etc.
Transportation
The beach is accessible by bus from Xinzuoying and Kaohsiung Stations, run by the Taiwan Railways Administration.
See also
References
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- {{citation |last=Campbell |first=William |authorlink=William_Campbell_(missionary) |contribution=The Island of Formosa: Its Past and Future |title=Scottish Geographical Magazine |date=1896 |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=385–399 |doi=10.1080/00369229608732903 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1430413 }}.
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Category:Landforms of Pingtung County
Category:Tourist attractions in Pingtung County
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