Gupo Island

Gupo Island (Chinese: 姑婆嶼; pinyin: Gūpó Yǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko͘-pô-sū), also transliterated as Koba Island, is an island in Baisha Township, Penghu County (the Pescadores), Taiwan.[1][2]

Gupo Island
Gupo Island
Geography
LocationBaisha, Penghu (the Pescadores), Taiwan
Coordinates23.715°N 119.556°E / 23.715; 119.556

Demographics
Map including Gupo Island (labeled as Koba-sho) (1944)
Map including Gupo Island (labeled as Ku-p’o hsü (Koba-sho) 姑婆嶼) (1950)

The island is uninhabitated.

Economy

Nearby residents come to the island for laver harvest in early winter every year.[3]

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See also

References
  1. "Koba Island: Taiwan". Geographical names. 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  2. "GeoNames Search". Geographic Names Database. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, USA. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. "Gupo Island". Taiwan, the Heart of Asia. Retrieved 8 December 2017.


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