Where is Gulangyu Island in Xiamen?

Gulangyu Island is in Siming District of Xiamen.

Gulangyu Island belongs to Xiamen City, Fujian Province, with 24 26 ′ 55.25 ″ north latitude and118 03 ′ 43.55 ″ east longitude. Located in the southwest corner of Xiamen Peninsula, facing Xiamen Island across the sea, just across a 600-meter-wide Lujiang River (actually deep sea), it can be reached by ferry in 4.5 minutes. (Now it takes about 40 minutes to go around the island) The area is 1.9 1 square kilometer, with more than 20,000 people. Now it is under the jurisdiction of Siming District, Xiamen.

Gulangyu Island is irregular in shape; 2.85 miles in circumference, 1. 1 mile in length and 0.72 miles in width; It is worth noting that there are a lot of granite stones scattered on it, among which the rock south of the central part of the island is the highest, with an altitude of 302 feet.

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Gulangyu's climate features: subtropical monsoon climate, warm and humid, and superior light and heat conditions. The seasonal changes of the four seasons are quite regular: the spring monsoon turns from northeast to south, from cold to warm, and the rainfall increases; There are typhoons and thunderstorms in summer, which bring coolness to hot days, and sometimes there are typhoons; It is rainy and sunny in autumn; There is a northeast monsoon in winter, which is cold but not cold.

The land and sea breeze is very obvious, and it often blows northwest wind from the west from midnight to noon, and southeast wind from afternoon to midnight. The summer monsoon generally runs from southeast to southwest, with an average of only 2 ~ 3 grades. Thunderstorms are most frequent from May to August, and the period from 65438+February to February of the following year is a mine-free period. Thunderstorms often lead to heavy rain. Sea fog occurs from 1 1 month to June of the following year, with the most in March. Dense fog usually occurs at midnight and in the morning, and lasts for up to 3 days, and the shortest is 1 hour.

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