Cape Santiago Sāndiāojiǎo | |
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 Lighthouse at Cape Santiago | |
  Cape Santiago | |
| Coordinates: 25°00′27″N122°00′06″E / 25.007431°N 122.001736°E | |
| Location | Gongliao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan |
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| Chinese | 三貂角 | ||||||||||
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Cape Santiago [1] [2] [a] is a cape on the easternmost point of the island of Taiwan,located in the Gongliao District,New Taipei City.
On 5 May 1626,a Spanish fleet reached the northeast tip of Taiwan and named the native village of Caquiunauan (also Caguiuanuan;present-day Fulong Village) as Santiago. Later this name was extended to the nearby cape. [3]
There is a lighthouse situated on Cape Santiago,called Cape Santiago Lighthouse. A nearby beach,Yenliao (鹽寮),was the site of the first landing for the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895.
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