Menghu Islet

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Menghu Islet
Native name: 猛虎嶼 (Chinese)
Menghu Islet (far right), south of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu)

Geography
Location	south of Lesser Kinmen / Lieyu in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian, Republic of China (Taiwan)
Area	0.0250 km² (0.0097 sq mi)^[1]
Administration
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Province	Fujian
County	Kinmen (Quemoy)
Rural Township	Lieyu
Additional information
Time zone	National Standard Time (UTC+8)

Menghu Islet

Location of Menghu Islet

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Menghu Islet (Chinese: 猛虎嶼; pinyin: Měnghǔ Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bíng-hóo-sū)^[2]^[3] (Tiger Island^[4]) is an islet located southwest of Lesser Kinmen (Lieyu) in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County (Quemoy), Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).^[5] The islet was originally named Hu-tzu Hsü^[6]^[7] (Hu-tzu Hsu^[8]) (虎仔嶼^[9]^: 37^[10]).

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Declassified nuclear strike plan reveals strategic importance of Menghu's position in history

In 1965, the island was given its present name.^[9]^: 37

In 2006, a Chinese fishing ship carrying 198 Chinese box turtles for illicit sale in Fujian was caught in the waters adjacent to Menghu Islet.^[11]

On November 3, 2017, a fishing ship with five crew members from Longhai City, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China was caught in the waters adjacent to Menghu Islet.^[12]

On July 23, 2019, Ho Cheng (賀政), the new leader of the ROC Army Kinmen Defense Command (陸軍金門防衛指揮部), visited the soldiers on Shi Islet and Menghu Islet.^[13]^[14]

After 10 PM on August 14, 2019, two members of the Kinmen branch of the Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan) were severely injured when they jumped from their ship onto a fishing ship from Mainland China which had been caught fishing in the waters around Menghu Islet.^[15]^[16]

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