Xieyang Island Chinese: 斜阳岛 | |
Area Km2: | 1.89 |
Length Km: | 1.9 |
Width Km: | 1.4 |
Highest Mount: | Yangwei Peak (羊尾岭) |
Elevation M: | 140.9 |
Country: | People's Republic of China |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Region |
Country Admin Divisions: | Guangxi |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | Prefecture-level city |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Beihai |
Country Admin Divisions Title 2: | District |
Country Admin Divisions 2: | Haicheng |
Country Admin Divisions Title 3: | Town |
Country Admin Divisions 3: | Weizhou |
Xieyang Island is a Chinese island in the Gulf of Tonkin, located southeast of Weizhou Island. Administratively, it, along with Weizhou Island, forms the town of Weizhou, in Haicheng District, Beihai, Guangxi.
It has an area of only and is of volcanic origin. The island may be described as appearing like a goat with its front legs crouched, and so in ancient times was also called "Chinese: 斜羊島".
It is one of the tourist attractions of Beihai.
Along with Weizhou Island, waters around Xieyang Island was discovered in 2015 to be seasonally frequented by Bryde's whales, and the area has become the first acknowledged location among mainland coasts of China to have regular migrations of large cetaceans.[1]