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Country: Canada
Username: Woodbine
Sent on: 9 Jul, 2009
Received on: 22 Jul, 2009
Description: Barrel Islet, Penghu / 澎湖桶盤嶼


The Penghu islands, also known as Pescadores from the Portuguese, meaning "fishermen",are an archipelago off the western coast of Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait consisting of 90 small islands and islets covering an area of 141 square kilometers.

The islet, known as " the Yellow Stone Park of Penghu", is situated about 7 kilometers from Makung(馬公市). Because of its outlook is like a barrel, the ialet is called " the Barrel Islet, " which is completely made up of basalt.

距馬公市約七公里，因外形酷似桶盤而得名。全嶼均由玄武岩紋理分明的石柱羅列環抱而成，景關壯麗。有「澎湖黃石公園」之雅號。