Menghu Islet


Menghu Islet is an islet located southwest of Lesser Kinmen in Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. The islet was originally named Hu-tzu Hsü .

History

In 1965, the island was given its present name.
In 2006, a Chinese fishing ship carrying 198 Chinese box turtles for illicit sale in Fujian was caught in the waters adjacent to Menghu Islet.
On November 3, 2017, a fishing ship with five crew members from Longhai City, Zhangzhou, Fujian, China was caught in the waters adjacent to Menghu Islet.
On July 23, 2019, Ho Cheng, the new leader of the ROC Army Kinmen Defense Command, visited the soldiers on Shi Islet and Menghu Islet.
After 10 PM on August 14, 2019, two members of the Kinmen branch of the Coast Guard Administration were severely injured when they jumped from their ship onto a fishing ship from Mainland China which had been caught fishing in the waters around Menghu Islet.

Geography

Menghu Islet is southwest of Lesser Kinmen. The island is said to look like a tiger.