Mudou Island () is an island in Baisha Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. It is in the Taiwan Strait off the west coast of Taiwan. The island was formed from plateau basalt.
Name
The island was named Ba̍k-táu-sū () at first because the shape resembles an ink marker of a carpenter. Japanese colonizer transferred the name from to , which are pronounced the same in Taiwanese.
See also Islands of Taiwan
References
External links 目斗嶼燈塔 ('Mudou Island Lighthouse')