Pei-kan

Peikan English thumb|Map including zh 北竿塘 PEI-KAN-T'ANG (ISLAND) (AMS, 1954) Etymology From en cmn 北竿, en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Pei³-kan¹. Proper noun 1 1 en Beigan (island) en 1954 China Sea Pilot III https://books.google.com/books?id=-dgNAQAAMAAJ Great Britain Hydrographic Department 165 Ma-tsu hai-hsai (strait), situated between Ma-tsu shan and Pei-kan-tang tao, north-eastward, has a navigable width of nearly one mile between the reefs on either side. on en September 30, 1954 Reds Repulsed w:The Lincoln Star https://archive.org/details/lincoln-star-1954-09-30/ Home Lincoln, Nebraska 52 TAIPEH (INS) 50710495 2 https://archive.org/details/lincoln-star-1954-09-30/page/n1/ 6 The defense ministry in Taipeh, Nationalist capital of Formosa Island, said a fleet of 40 to 50 junks tried to put the landing force ashore on Pei Kan Tang in the Matsu Islands off the estuary of the Min River. on en 1970 Ken Fitzgerald Asia The Space Age Photographic Atlas https://archive.org/details/spaceagephotogra00fitz/ w:Crown Publishers 70-93399 112205 196 https://archive.org/details/spaceagephotogra00fitz/page/196/ South of Hang-chou Wan (Bay) below Shanghai, the China coastline changes from a smooth, flat topography to one of irregular, rocky promontories and numerous islands. Foochow, the Fugiu of Marco Polo, dates from the seventh century. Offshore the Ma-tsu Lieh-tao (Matsu and Pei-kan, or ChangshuChanghsu Islands) are heavily fortified Nationalist strongholds. en 1998 Matsu w:Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York w:Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 1917 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1917/ 3 The major isls. include Pei-kan and Nan-kan (Mazu). Fishing is the main economic activity. en 2000 w:Humphrey Hawksley Dragon Fire (novel) Dragon Fire https://archive.org/details/dragonfire0000hawk/ w:Macmillan Publishers 0-333-90324-2 861902198 315 https://archive.org/details/dragonfire0000hawk/page/315/ 'We have successfully taken Pei-kan,' said Leung. 'Heavy shelling has been going for twenty minutes from Kinmen. en Translations Beigan Anagrams en aeiknp Kanipe kaipen