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Kenting National Park

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Kenting National Park, commonly known as Kenting, is a national park located on the Hengchun Peninsula of Pingtung County, Taiwan, covering Hengchun, Checheng, and Manzhou Townships. [1]

52 relations: Amorgos oil spill, Baleen whale, Bashi Channel, Bull shark, Bus, Cape Eluanbi, Cape No. 7, Central Weather Bureau, Cetacea, Checheng, Pingtung, Dugong, Eluanbi Lighthouse, Executive Yuan, Hawksbill sea turtle, Hengchun, Hengchun Airport, Hubert Chanson, Humpback whale, Interior ministry, Journal of Coastal Research, Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung International Airport, Kaohsiung station, Katabatic wind, Longluan Lake, Luzon Strait, Manzhou, Pingtung, Murdoch University, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, National park, National parks of Taiwan, Old-growth forest, Pacific Ocean, Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Rover incident, South Bay (Taiwan), Sperm whale, Spring Scream, Stalactite, Tainan, Taiwan, Taiwan High Speed Rail, Taiwan Railways Administration, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan under Japanese rule, Taiwanese Hokkien, Terrestrial crab, Tropical climate, Tropical monsoon climate, ..., Whale shark, Zuoying HSR station. Expand index (2 more) »

Amorgos oil spill

The Amorgos oil spill began on 14 January 2001 near Kenting National Park, off the southern coast of Taiwan.

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Baleen whale

Baleen whales (systematic name Mysticeti), known earlier as whalebone whales, form a parvorder of the infraorder Cetacea (whales, dolphins and porpoises).

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Bashi Channel

The Bashi Channel is a waterway between Y'Ami Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan.

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Bull shark

The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), also known as the Zambezi shark (informally "zambi") in Africa, and Lake Nicaragua shark in Nicaragua, is a requiem shark commonly found worldwide in warm, shallow waters along coasts and in rivers.

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Bus

A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, motorbus, autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry many passengers.

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Cape Eluanbi

The Cape Eluanbi is a cape in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Cape No. 7

Cape No.

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Central Weather Bureau

The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) is the government meteorological research and forecasting institution of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

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Cetacea

Cetacea are a widely distributed and diverse clade of aquatic mammals that today consists of the whales, dolphins, and porpoises.

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Checheng, Pingtung

Checheng Township is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Dugong

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is a medium-sized marine mammal.

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Eluanbi Lighthouse

Eluanbi Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost point of Taiwan, to the south of Hengchun in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Executive Yuan

The Executive Yuan is the executive branch of the government of the Republic of China on Taiwan.

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Hawksbill sea turtle

The hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae.

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Hengchun

Hengchun Township is an urban township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula of Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Hengchun Airport

Hengchun Airport is an airport in Renshou Village, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Hubert Chanson

Hubert Chanson (born 1 November 1961) is a professor in hydraulic engineering and applied fluid mechanics in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland since 1990.

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Humpback whale

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale.

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Interior ministry

An interior ministry (sometimes ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government ministry typically responsible for policing, emergency management, national security, registration, supervision of local governments, conduct of elections, public administration and immigration matters.

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Journal of Coastal Research

The Journal of Coastal Research is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on coastal studies and processes.

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Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung City (Hokkien POJ: Ko-hiông; Hakka: Kô-hiùng; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau) is a special municipality located in southern-western Taiwan and facing the Taiwan Strait.

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Kaohsiung International Airport

Kaohsiung International Airport (commonly), also known as Kaohsiung Siaogang Airport for the Siaogang District where it is located, is a medium-sized commercial airport in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.

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Kaohsiung station

Kaohsiung is a railway station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by TRA and Kaohsiung MRT, where it is known as Kaohsiung Main Station.

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Katabatic wind

A katabatic wind (named from the Greek word κατάβασις katabasis, meaning "descending") is the technical name for a drainage wind, a wind that carries high-density air from a higher elevation down a slope under the force of gravity.

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Longluan Lake

The Longluan Lake is a lake in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Luzon Strait

The Luzon Strait (Filipino: Kipot ng Luzon) is the strait between Taiwan and Luzon island of the Philippines.

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Manzhou, Pingtung

Manzhou Township is a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Murdoch University

Murdoch University is a public university in Perth, Western Australia, with campuses also in Singapore and Dubai.

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National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium

The National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBA) is an aquarium located in Checheng Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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National park

A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes.

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National parks of Taiwan

National parks of Taiwan are protected spaces for their nature, wildlife, and history in its current jurisdiction.

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Old-growth forest

An old-growth forest — also termed primary forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, or late seral forest— is a forest that has attained great age without significant disturbance and thereby exhibits unique ecological features and might be classified as a climax community.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.

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Pingtung City

Pingtung City is a county-controlled city and the county seat of Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Pingtung County

Pingtung County is a county in Southern Taiwan known for its agriculture and tourism.

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Rover incident

The Rover Incident occurred on 12 March 1867 when the American merchant ship Rover, en route from Shantou to Newchwang, was wrecked off the coast of Formosa (Taiwan under Qing rule).

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South Bay (Taiwan)

The South Bay, also called Nanwan or Blue Bay is a beach in Hengchun Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Sperm whale

The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) or cachalot is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator.

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Spring Scream

The Spring Scream is an outdoor music festival held in early April each year at Kenting, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

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Stalactite

A stalactite (from the Greek stalasso, (σταλάσσω), "to drip", and meaning "that which drips") is a type of formation that hangs from the ceiling of caves, hot springs, or manmade structures such as bridges and mines.

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Tainan

Tainan (Hokkien POJ: Tâi-lâm), officially Tainan City, is a special municipality of Taiwan, facing the Formosan Strait or Taiwan Strait in the west and south.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Taiwan High Speed Rail

Taiwan High Speed Rail (abbreviated THSR or HSR) is a high-speed rail line that runs approximately, along the west coast of Taiwan, from the capital Taipei to the southern city of Kaohsiung.

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Taiwan Railways Administration

The Taiwan Railways Administration is an agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications of Taiwan responsible for managing, maintaining, and running passenger and freight services on 1097 km of conventional railroad lines in Taiwan.

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Taiwan Strait

The Taiwan Strait, or Formosa Strait, is a -wide strait separating the island of Taiwan from mainland China.

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Taiwan under Japanese rule

Taiwan under Japanese rule is the period between 1895 and 1945 in which the island of Taiwan (including the Penghu Islands) was a dependency of the Empire of Japan, after Qing China lost the First Sino-Japanese War to Japan and ceded Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

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Taiwanese Hokkien

Taiwanese Hokkien (translated as Taiwanese Min Nan), also known as Taiwanese/Taiwanese language in Taiwan (/), is a branched-off variant of Hokkien spoken natively by about 70% of the population of Taiwan.

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Terrestrial crab

A number of lineages of crabs have evolved to live predominantly on land.

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Tropical climate

A tropical climate in the Köppen climate classification is a non-arid climate in which all twelve months have mean temperatures of at least.

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Tropical monsoon climate

A tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a type of climate that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category "Am".

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Whale shark

The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a slow-moving, filter-feeding carpet shark and the largest known extant fish species.

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Zuoying HSR station

HSR Zuoying is a metro and railway station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan served by Kaohsiung MRT, Taiwan High Speed Rail, and Taiwan Railways Administration, where it is known as Xinzuoying.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenting_National_Park

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