Cape Maobitou

Cape Maobitou is a cape in the township of Hengchun in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It lies within Kenting National Park and forms the western boundary of South Bay. It is one of the southernmost points on Taiwan Island, sits opposite to the Cape Eluanbi in the southeast.

Cape Maobitou 貓鼻頭
Cape
Cape Maobitou (2011)
Cape Maobitou Location in Taiwan
Coordinates: 21°55′11″N 120°44′22″E
Location	Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan

Cape Maobitou
Maobitou (2017)
Traditional Chinese	貓鼻頭
Simplified Chinese	猫鼻头
Literal meaning	Cat's Nose Cat Cape
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Māobítou Wade–Giles Mao-pi-tou Southern Min Hokkien POJ Niau-phī-thâu

Former names
Waves at Maobitou (2009)
Maobi
Traditional Chinese	貓鼻
Simplified Chinese	猫鼻
Literal meaning	Cat's Nose Cat Cape
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Māobí Wade–Giles Mao-pi Southern Min Hokkien POJ Niau-phī

Name

Map including Cape Maobitou (labeled as Byōbi-tō) (1944)

Māobítou is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese name, written 貓鼻頭 in traditional characters and 猫鼻头 in simplified characters. It literally means "Cat Nose Head" but bítou is a simply a clarifying dialectical variation of bí, itself a dialectical name for a headland.

Maobitou or Maobi was formerly known as Niauphi, from the Hokkien form of the name.

Transportation

The cape is located near Taiwan's Highway 26.

See also

• Geography of Taiwan
• Kenting National Park
• Cape Eluanbi

References

Bibliography

• Campbell, William (1896), "The Island of Formosa: Its Past and Future", Scottish Geographical Magazine (PDF), vol. 12, No. 8, pp. 385–399, doi:10.1080/00369229608732903.