Qixingyan (Taiwan)

21°45′31.98″N 120°49′28.94″E / 21.7588833°N 120.8247056°E / 21.7588833; 120.8247056

Qixingyan

Position of Qixingyan south of Taiwan

Qixingyan or Ch'ihsingyen (Chinese: 七星岩; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chhit-chheⁿ-gâm; lit. 'Seven Star Reef'), also known as the Vele Rete rocks,^[1] is a group of coral islands in the Bashi Channel, located off the southern coast of Pingtung County, Taiwan. The island group is composed by seven coral reefs. At low tide seven reefs are visible. At high tide only two reefs are visible.^{[citation needed]} Qixingyan is shaped like the Big Dipper, hence the name "Seven Star Reef". It is about 8 nautical miles (15 km) from the southernmost point of Taiwan, Eluanbi. Due to strong currents and shoals in the area, many ships were wrecked and lives lost in the early to mid-19th century after the Qing court opened trade between the West and China. Notable shipwrecks include the 1867 US merchant ship Rover that resulted in the Rover incident^[2] and the 1871 Japanese merchant vessel Ryukyu which resulted in the Mudan incident.^[3]

Map including Qixingyan (labeled as Shichisei-gan) (1944)

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^ "Senate documents, otherwise publ. As Public documents and Executive documents".
^ 臺灣歷史地圖增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition]. Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. p. 78. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 在1867年(同治6年)3月間，美國商船羅妹號(Rover)因遭遇暴風，在鵝鸞鼻南方七星岩觸礁後沉沒，
^ 詮達文教∣高中館∣Free區 Archived September 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Senate documents, otherwise publ. As Public documents and Executive documents".

[2] 臺灣歷史地圖增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition]. Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. p. 78. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 在1867年(同治6年)3月間，美國商船羅妹號(Rover)因遭遇暴風，在鵝鸞鼻南方七星岩觸礁後沉沒，

[3] 詮達文教∣高中館∣Free區 Archived September 3, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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