Damang Island

Damang Island (alternatively romanized as Damang Dao,^[1] Damang,^[2] Taimong,^[3] Ta-mang,^[4] Ta-wang^[5]) is an uninhabited island off the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. It is located in the Pearl River estuary, South China Sea, 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) west of the Zhuhai Gaolan Port Economic Zone, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) north of Hebao island and approximately 100 km West-Southwest of Hong Kong.

Damang Island

Native name: 大杧岛
Damang Island (top) in 2021. Breakwaters connecting the island and Hebao Island (bottom) was completed by 2012.
Locator map of Damang Island in China
Geography
Coordinates	21°55′22″N 113°08′16″E
Area	5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Administration
China
Province	Guangdong
Prefecture-level city	Zhuhai
District	Jinwan
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Damang Island
Traditional Chinese	大杧島
Simplified Chinese	大杧岛
Literal meaning	Big Mango Island
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dàmáng dǎo Wade–Giles Ta4-mang2 Tao3 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Daaih mōng dóu Jyutping daai6 mong1 dou2

Administratively, this sub-tropical island belongs to the prefecture-level city of Zhuhai, and may be considered part of the so-called Chinese Riviera. It has a total area of 5.2 square kilometres (2.0 square miles), measures 5.2 kilometres (3.2 miles) long and 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) wide. It serves as an ecotourism destination, and a research station for the study of its well-preserved ecosystem. The many varieties of rare plant and animal species in its tropical rain forest, include 600 kinds of ornamental plants, such as Podocarpus, Syzygium, Emblica, and 10 kinds of rare wild animals including deer, monkeys and turtles.^{[citation needed]}

Its name is derived from the abundance of mango trees on the island.^{[citation needed]}

References

• Islands portal

1. "Damang Dao: China". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
2. "Damang: China". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
3. "Taimong Tao: China". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
4. "Ta-mang: China". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
5. "Ta-wang: China". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2010-10-22.