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 Maobitou (2011)
Cape Maobitou (2011)
Cape Maobitou is located in Taiwan
Cape Maobitou
Cape Maobitou
Location in Taiwan
Coordinates: 21°55′11″N 120°44′22″E / 21.919831°N 120.739464°E / 21.919831; 120.739464
LocationHengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Cape Maobitou
Maobitou (2017)
Traditional Chinese貓鼻頭
Simplified Chinese猫鼻头
Literal meaningCat's Nose
Cat Cape
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMāobítou
Wade–GilesMao-pi-tou
Southern Min
Hokkien POJNiau-phī-thâu
Former names
Waves at Maobitou (2009)
Maobi
Traditional Chinese貓鼻
Simplified Chinese猫鼻
Literal meaningCat's Nose
Cat Cape
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMāobí
Wade–GilesMao-pi
Southern Min
Hokkien POJNiau-phī

Name

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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 , itself a dialectical name for a headland.

Maobitou or Maobi was formerly known as Niauphi,[1] from the Hokkien form of the name.

Transportation

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The cape is located near Taiwan's Highway 26.

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Bibliography

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  • 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.