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name of terrain¡G |
Square mountain |
types of terrain¡G |
Square mountain |
description of terrain¡G |
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Wangan Township governs
many islands, and bigger islands with people living
there are mostly square mountain terrain. Wangan
Island is showed cut square mountain terrain, and
its outline is like a standing rabbit. The highest
point is in the west coast and 53 meters high. The
north and east coasts are very different. The north
end is concave like rabbits¡¦ ears in both east and
west. There are Putai port and Tanmen port along
east coast, and Mentzupien peninsula extending to
southeast. Coasts surrounding the whole island are
not common scenes and only appear in Chihketzu of
northeast, and the 30~40 meters long coast from
Tientai mountain of west to Chungshe. Chiangchunao
Islet is also a square mountain terrain with 29
meters height, extending from northeast by east to
southwest by west. The bays along the west cost of
Tungchi Islet forms an isthmus with east coast that
separates the islet into two small square mountain
terrains in south and north. The highest point of
northern small square mountain is 48 meters; the
highest of the southern small square mountain is 39
meters.
Hsichiyu is an inclined small square mountain
island, high in north and low in south. The 27
meters high in north tilt gradually to the south (by
west), and sink in the sea near the south.
Tienyuping is a 50~60 high square mountain which
extends from northeast to southwest. According to
the east small valley, they are divided into the
North and South Mountain. Hsiyuping level ground is
an islet in the shape of tetragon square mountain
with the surfaces flat height of 40 meters. Both Big
Cat Islet and Small Cat Islet are irregular, massy
islands. Big Cat Islet is about 79 meters, and the
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types of geology¡G |
Basalt¡BAndesine |
geological description¡G |
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1. Basalt
Except for Flower Islet, other islets are all
composed of mezzanines of basalts that was formed by
lava flows and of deposited rock. In the primary
stage, basalt lava belongs to the poured rock of
volcano under the sea. It has horizontal joints, and
several layers of deposited rock that contain walrus
fossils. Afterwards, lava continually pouring out
has remarkable vertical pillar joints. The reason of
the vertical pillar joints formation is that when
lava rock poured out of the surface of the earth, it
made basalt construct rapidly and form six-angled
pillar because of quick cooling. Furthermore,
because surface lava solidifies first and bottom
lava later, so it composed rupture surfaces between
top and down that are commonly said slate joints.
2. Andesine
The terrain of Flower Islet is very different from
others in Penghu. It is mainly the middle-aged
Mesozoic andesine lava composed of porphyry, quartz
porphyry and quartz dikes. The constructional age of
these rocks are earlier; andesine constructs most
parts of Flower Islet; quartz porphyry becomes thick
dikes of meters that passes through Flower Islet;
then quartz dikes invades. Andesine is in deep green
color with hard and dense rock structure. Quartz
porphyry is mostly under weathering that it becomes
yellow and grayish. Quartz is not easy to be
weathered so quartz granules remain and pile up in
concave slopes so that it becomes quartz sand
stratums. |
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