A historic lighthouse off the coast of Kouhu, Yunlin, at the outer extremity of the meandering Waisanding Sandbar (外傘頂洲). It was originally established in 1914 and has been rebuilt seven times since then, largely as a result of the shifting of the sandbar and seawater erosion. Nowadays it stands just over 32 meters above sea level more than a kilometer from where the sandbar is usually exposed. Access is only possible by boat.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.