Cape Santiago (Taiwan)

For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation).

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Cape Santiago

Cape Santiago (Chinese: 三貂角; pinyin: Sāndiāojiǎo; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sam-tiau-kak) is a cape located in Gongliao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The cape is the easternmost point of the main Taiwan island, and also the easternmost cape of Taiwan. On 5 May 1626, a Spanish fleet reached the northeast tip of Taiwan and named the native village of Caquiunauan (present-day Fulong Village) as Santiago. Later this name was extended to the nearby cape.

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.

(Note: The Spanish origin name is often written incorrectly in current government published English language tourism literature as San Diego (such as ) since both San Diego and Santiago is transcribed into Chinese as 聖地牙哥 )

the square of Cape Santiago Lighthouse

the square of Cape Santiago Lighthouse

See also

• List of tourist attractions in Taiwan
• Fort Santo Domingo
• Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
• Fort Provintia

External links

• Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area-Taiwan (Japanese) (Chinese)