| Mudou Island | |
| Country: | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
| Location: | Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan |
| Coordinates: | 23.786°N 119.6°W |
| Map: | Taiwan |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Width: | 220 |
Mudou Island is an island in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.[1] [2] It is in the Taiwan Strait off the west coast of Taiwan. The island was formed from plateau basalt.
The island was named Ba̍k-táu-sū at first because the shape resembles an ink marker of a carpenter. Japanese colonizer transferred the name from to, which are pronounced the same in Taiwanese.[3]