Taiwan Strait - Taiwan Strait

Japanese: 台湾海峡 - たいわんかいきょう
Taiwan Strait - Taiwan Strait

A strait between Fujian Province in southeastern China and Taiwan Island, part of the East China Sea. It is about 380 km long from north to south, and only 130 km wide from east to west at its narrowest point, 150-160 km wide at the northern end, and 250-260 km wide at the southern end. The water is mostly less than 100 meters deep, but the Penghu Channel between the Penghu Islands and Taiwan Island near the southern end is 100-200 meters deep. It has been used as a route for north-south transportation along the coast of the mainland since ancient times, and Japanese red seal ships also used it as a route. On the Fujian side, there are long-established ports such as Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Xiamen. Even today, Fuzhou, Xiamen, and Kaohsiung on Taiwan Island are thriving commercial ports. The islands of Kinmen and Matsu on the mainland were occupied by the Kuomintang army and turned into fortresses. This area is rich in fish species and is a good fishing ground, and it also has an abundance of sand for construction materials, and offshore oil fields have also been discovered there.

[Aoki Chieko and Kono Michihiro]

[Reference] | East China Sea

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

東シナ海の一部で、中国南東部の福建省と台湾島の間の海峡。南北の長さは約380キロメートル、東西の幅はもっとも狭い所はわずか130キロメートルで、北端では約150~160キロメートル、南端は250~260キロメートルである。水深は大部分が100メートル以内だが、南端に近い澎湖(ほうこ)列島と台湾島の間の澎湖水道は100~200メートルと深い。古くから大陸沿岸の南北交通の航路として利用され、日本の朱印船もここを航路としていた。福建省側には福州、泉州、厦門(アモイ)など古くから開けた港がある。現在も福州、厦門、台湾島の高雄(たかお/カオシュン)は商港として繁栄している。なお大陸側の金門島、馬祖(ばそ)島は国民党軍により占領され、要塞(ようさい)化された。この海域は魚種が豊富で好漁場であるうえ、建設用資材としての砂が豊富であり、海底油田も発見されている。

[青木千枝子・河野通博]

[参照項目] | 東シナ海

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