Kaoteng

English Etymology From en cmn 高登 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Kao¹-têng¹. Proper noun en Gaodeng. en March 30, 1955 Fred Hampton Red Attack Being Awaited on Matsu Isle w:The Gettysburg Times https://archive.org/details/gettysburg-times-1955-03-30/ Gettysburg, PA 53 76 12443209 12 https://archive.org/details/gettysburg-times-1955-03-30/page/n11/ 2 March 30, 1955 Matsu Chief Sees Attack At Any Time w:East Liverpool Review https://archive.org/details/east-liverpool-review-1955-03-30/ East Liverpool, Ohio 76 134 1 https://archive.org/details/east-liverpool-review-1955-03-30/ 4 The Reds may not be able to take Matsu but the lesser islands of Kaoteng or Peikantang seem less strong and their loss would put Matsu under artillery fire, making it hard to hold and even harder to supply. en https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226178/ 1959 China Yearbook 1958-1959 Sampson C. Shen Taipei, Taiwan China Publishing Co. 1019-374X 185496792 99 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226178/page/n117/ No single island in the 19-islet group bears the name of Matsu[.] It is named after a harbor of Nankan, the main island of the group. Nankan is 114 nautical miles west of the northern Taiwan port of Chilung, and 114 nautical miles from Kinmen.Besides Nankan, other islands in the group are: Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungkun and Hsikun. Kaoteng is only 5 5 nautical miles from the closest mainland point and has been the occasional target of Communist gunners for years. The total land area is only 29 3 sq km. (11.3 sq. mi) Nankan alone has 4.03 sq. km. (10.44 sq mi.) of the total. Located in the fishing area of Fukien, the Matsus are naturally the home of a fishing population. On Nankan there are two good harbors, Fuyu and Matsu. en September 17, 1959 September 16, 1959 Reds Shell Islands w:The Washington Post https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1959-09-17_286/ 82 286 TAIPEI, Formosa (UPI) 0190-8286 2269358 A11 https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1959-09-17_286/page/n10/ 5 A Nationalist defense communique said the Communists fired 87 rounds at Tateng Island, in the Quemoy complex, and 16 rounds at Kaoteng in the Matsu group 150 miles to the north. en 1985 勝利之光 https://books.google.com/books?id=OJgrAAAAMAAJ 新中國出版社 0582-9860 1765449 24 1 The archipelago's Kaoteng Island lies a mere 9,250 metres from the mainland's Peijiao peninsula, while Tungchu island at the extreme southeast of the archipelago is all of 114 nautical miles distant from Keelung, Taiwan. en 2021 Keyuan Zou China and the Law of the Sea: Historical Aspects Dai Tamada; Keyuan Zou Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: State Practice of China and Japan https://books.google.com/books?id=KjInEAAAQBAJ 10.1007/978-981-33-6954-2 978-981-33-6953-5 2524-504X 1245672027 8–9 https://books.google.com/books?id=KjInEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA8 The islands inside the baseline, including Tungyin Island, Kaoteng Island, the Matsu Islands, the Paichuan Islands, Wuchiu Island, the Greater and Lesser Quemoy Islands, Tatan Island, Erhtan Island and Tungting Island, are islands of the Chinese inland waters. en