List of Taiwanese superlatives explained

This is a list of Taiwanese superlatives.

Geography

Geography
Record	Holder	Location	Coordinates/ Measurement	References
Northernmost tip (Main island)	Cape Fugui	Shimen District, New Taipei City	25° 18' 20" N	^[1]
Northernmost tip (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu)	Beigu Reef (北固礁)	Dongyin Township, Lienchiang County	26° 23' N	^[2]
Northernmost tip (Exclude Fujian and claims on Senkaku)	Pengjia Islet	Zhongzheng District, Keelung	25° 37' 46" N
Southernmost tip (Mainland)	Eluanbi	Hengchun Township, Pingtung County	21° 53' 50" N	^[3]
Easternmost tip (Main island)	Cape of San Diego	Gongliao District, New Taipei City	121° 59' 15" E
Southernmost tip (Islands close to Taiwan Island)	Qixingyan (Taiwan)	Pingtung County	21° 45' 32" N
Easternmost tip (Including Islands)	Pingfong Rock (Chinese: 屏風岩), east of Mien-hwa Islet	Zhongzheng District, Keelung	122° 06' 25" E	^[4]
Easternmost tip (Including claims on Senkaku)	Taishō-tō (claimed as Chiwei Isle (赤尾嶼)^[5])	Senkaku Islands (claimed as part of Toucheng Township, Yilan County)	124° 34' E
Westernmost tip (Islands close to Taiwan Island; excluding Penghu/Pescadores)	Wai San Ding Alluvion (Chinese: 外傘頂洲)	Kouhu Township, Yunlin County	120° 4' 0" E
Westernmost tip (exclude Spratly Islands)	Pratas Island	Cijin District, Kaohsiung	116° 42' 0" E
Westernmost tip & Southernmost tip (Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu)	Taiping Island	Cijin District, Kaohsiung	114° 21' 57" E	disputed
Highest mountain	Mount Yu		3,952 m
Longest river	Zhuoshui River	Nantou County, Chiayi County, Changhua County, Yunlin County	186 km
Largest lake	Sun Moon Lake	Yuchi Township, Nantou County	8.4 km^2
Largest plain	Chianan Plain	Yunlin County, Chiayi County, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Changhua County	2,500 km^2	^[6]

Ecology

Biology
Record	Holder	Location	Statistics	References
Longest-living elephant in captivity	Lin Wang	Taipei Zoo	86 years old	^[7]
Oldest alligator fossil	Penghu Malayan gharial fossil	Penghu	approx. 14 million years old
Oldest domesticated dog fossil	Dabenkeng culture dog fossil	Archaeological Site, Nanguan Village, Shanhua District, Tainan	approx. 5,000 years old
Oldest trees	Hiyama Chinmoku (檜山神木 Guishan Shenmu)	Wufeng Township, Hsinchu County and Tai'an Township, Miaoli County	approx. 4,600 years old

Demography

People
Record	Holder	Location	Statistics	References
Richest person	Tsai Eng-meng	Taiwan	US$10.6 billion	May 30, 2013
Longest human chain	228 Hand-in-Hand Rally	Heping Island, Keelung to Jiadong Township, Pingtung County	approx. 500 km	^[8]

Demography
Record	Holder	Statistics	References
Largest-scale public march	2005 anti-China march	approx. 1 million people	^[9]
Sports
Record	Holder	Date	References
First MLB player from Taiwan	Chin-Feng Chen	September 14, 2002	^[10]
First MLB pitcher from Taiwan	Chin-hui Tsao	July 25, 2003	^[11]

Structures

Architecture
Record	Holder	Statistics	References
Tallest building	Taipei 101	509.2 m
Transportation
Record	Holder	Statistics	References
Longest tunnel	Taipei Metro Bannan Line	28.2 km
Longest tunnel (mountain)	Xueshan Tunnel	12.9 km	^[12]
Longest bridge	THSR Changhua–Kaohsiung Viaduct	157.317 km
Longest bridge (crossing waterbody)	Penghu Great Bridge	5,541 m

Notes and References

1. Web site: 風景區 – 富貴角. April 22, 2008. 台灣旅遊聯盟 (CTIN).
2. Web site: Off the Beaten Track: Dongyin Island: The Northern Frontier. 22 September 2017. 30 August 2019. Taipei Times. Richard Saunders. 2. en,zh-tw. This point (or rather the Beigu Reef (Chinese: 北固礁) just offshore) constitutes the northernmost territory of the Matsu archipelago, and is certainly a fittingly majestic spot..
3. Web site: Eluanbi Park – Scenic Spots . April 21, 2008 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080404010103/http://www.ktnp.gov.tw/eng/tour/scenic-1.asp . April 4, 2008 . dead .
4. 記者盧賢秀,"北方三島小檔案"Web site: 存档副本 . 2010-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100901163440/http://www.libertytimes.com.tw/2010/new/aug/30/today-fo8.htm . 島嶼的最東端是台灣極東點，. 2010-09-01 ., Liberty Times,2010-8-30.
5. Web site: https://www.moi.gov.tw/files/site_stuff/321/2/year/y05-19.ods. zh:05-19 臺灣島嶼面積. Location and Area of Islands in Taiwan. zh-tw,en. 20 October 2019. Ministry of the Interior. 縣市別 Locality 島嶼名稱 位置 Location 面積(平方公里) (1) 經度 緯度 Name of Islands Longitude Latitude Area (km²)宜蘭縣 Yilan County赤尾嶼 Chiwei Isle 124°3409〞～124°3350〞 25°5354〞～25°5406〞 0.0609.
6. Book: Joyce Jong-Wen Wann . Tso-Kwei Peng . Mei-Huey Wu . amp . M. Ali . Dynamics of vegetable production, distribution and consumption in Asia . 2000 . Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center . . 379–415 . Taiwan . http://www.avrdc.org/pdf/dynamics/Taiwan.pdf.
7. Web site: Taipei's Elephant to be included in Guinness Book of Records . April 21, 2008 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080308043819/http://www.tro-taiwan.roc.org.uk/dc/nsl032003l.htm . March 8, 2008 . dead .
8. Web site: 手護台灣／洛杉磯時報：台灣用行動抗議中國飛彈佈署 . April 21, 2008 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929162829/http://www.ettoday.com/2004/03/01/11093-1594164.htm . September 29, 2007 .
9. News: A million Taiwanese protest Chinese law. April 21, 2008. . March 26, 2005.
10. Web site: Chen scores a first for Taiwan. April 22, 2008. Taipei Times.
11. Web site: Taiwanese pitcher proves a big hit in first US outing. April 22, 2008. Taipei Times.
12. Web site: Media test tunnel's emergency systems. April 22, 2008. Taipei Times.