Kiushan Tao

Kiushan Tao is an island east of China. It is also known as Niushan Dao (牛山岛), Niu Shan, and Turnabout Island.^[1] The island forms a part of the boundary between the East China Sea and the South China Sea.

History

• 1873 lighthouse
• San Pablo and pirates
• painting
• WWII skirmishes (see sources in cn.Wiki)
• Awa Maru Incident
• New lighthouse

See also

• Awa Maru (1943)
• USS Queenfish (SS-393)
• USS Tang (SS-306)

References

1. ^ http://www.geonames.org, GeoNameId: 1799251

• Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition, International Hydrographic Organization, 1953, http://www.iho-ohi.net/iho_pubs/standard/S-23/S23_1953.pdf, retrieved 7 February 2010 

External links

• http://www.un.org/Depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/CHN_1996_Declaration.pdf
• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F11F63C5E15738DDDAB0A94DC405B8884F0D3 NYT article dated April 22, 1888, about the San Pablo stranded near Turnabout Island.
• The Evening Telegram, St. Johns, N.F., June 2, 1888, A Fight With Pirates: Details of the Loss of the Steamer San Pablo in Chinese Waters, http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=35&dat=18880602&id=h_cIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kDoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3693,4557913
• Great Britain Hydrographic Department (1884), The China Sea Directory, III (Second ed.), http://books.google.com/books?id=_fkNAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA227&lpg=PA227&dq=turnabout+island+china&source=bl&ots=CWiaf6dhZ0&sig=nT2VKFYE36RTs-vebp4DXAs3xrA&hl=en&ei=506GTvzVI6fRiALAoZTHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=turnabout%20island%20china&f=false . Description at page 234. Table of Positions: Turnabout Island Light House, , page 702
• Niushan Dao Light, http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/chn7.htm Original light was destroyed in World War II.
• Niushan Dao Lighthouse (牛山岛灯塔), http://www.shmsa.gov.cn/mark/donghai/data/2989.htm, Fuzhou Waterways Department, language=CN , founded 1873.
• Samuel Wells Williams, A Chinese Commercial Guide, Fourth edition, 1856, http://books.google.com/books?id=cMNLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48&lpg=PA48&dq=turnabout+island+china&source=bl&ots=3TqF5ZHiOf&sig=GLAT4QccfKk2BSQgsmW0xSOOXhc&hl=en&ei=506GTvzVI6fRiALAoZTHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false Turnabout Island, page 48.
• China Sea Directory: (1894) & Supplement (1901), Edition 3, Great Britain Hydrographic Department, http://books.google.com/books?id=71AZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=turnabout+island+china&source=bl&ots=W3eXaxt-B4&sig=lDEU9Nuc1zC9VRlVfEuXXIJA-Lo&hl=en&ei=506GTvzVI6fRiALAoZTHDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q&f=false, page 209.
• http://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=568915&fid=1061&c=china
• http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/prints/viewPrint.cfm?ID=PAH9449 Passing Turnabout Island, watercolor by John Fraser (British painter, 1858–1927), 1921.
• http://books.google.com/books?id=tYsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA197&lpg=PA197&dq=turnabout+island+china&source=bl&ots=_gNNAs-USz&sig=WEguY3lUoxbXAtnlspxzzbS3-Hc&hl=en&ei=SlmGTs6XHefciAKDxc3TDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CB8Q6AEwATgK#v=onepage&q=turnabout%20island%20china&f=false Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle, 1844, page 197
• London Gazette, Sunda Rock, 1877, http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:ZEtmgpR9p5YJ:www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24500/pages/5107/page.pdf+turnabout+island+china&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjLgW3vl0pQ7HqN72Nos5dhpxgcWew7sqmFp2b1VjeXg4vqB3UoZyMVTW3BlfLVQp1_Iv5L4jnMlGjAkxnTmsLYEwhr5aRjW990bZP3xRizEfZ8WwX63uF9PTcxi3A7ejjeYghY&sig=AHIEtbRxIf33j7_PkYytuiNnV0o69AMX-g
• http://www.prlog.org/10625420-pingtan-plans-to-develop-marine-eco-tourism.html Ushiyama another possible name