Taiwan - Yeh liu

Taiwan - Yeh liu, a photo by Wang Guowen (gw.wang) on Flickr.

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I had disappeared from flickr for a while as i was away for a 12-day holiday trip to Taiwan....This is the first photo...more photos to come...Stay tuned.

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Taiwan,officially the Republic of China (ROC; Chinese: 中華民國; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó), is a state in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China now governs the island of Taiwan (formerly known as Formosa), which makes up over 99% of its territory,[f] as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu, and other minor islands.

Yehliu (Chinese: 野柳; pinyin: Yěliǔ) is a cape on the north coast of Taiwan in the town of Wanli between Taipei and Keelung.
The cape, known by geologists as the Yehliu Promontory, forms part of the Taliao Miocene Formation. It stretches approximately 1,700 meters into the ocean and was formed as geological forces pushed Datun Mountain (大屯山) out of the sea.[1]
A distinctive feature of the cape is the hoodoo stones that dot its surface. These shapes can be viewed at the Yeliu Geopark operated by the North Coast and Guanyinshan National Scenic Area Administration. A number of rock formations have been given imaginative names based on their shapes. The most well-known is the "The Queen's Head" (女王頭), an iconic image in Taiwan and an unofficial emblem for the town of Wanli. Other formations include "The Fairy Shoe", "The Bee Hive", "The Ginger Rocks" and "The Sea Candles."

In 2003 , an ecological survey team in Yehliu came across a rock resembling a crouching leopard. Due to the tidal cycles and landform changes,this paculiarly shaped rock formation is visible only 18days each year when the tide is at the lowest level on the 1st through 3rd and the 15th through 17th in the 3rd,4th,5th lunar months.
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