Orchid Island
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Orchid Island
Orchid Island (;
POJ
: Lân-sū;
Yami language
: Ponso no Tao or Pongso no Tao) is a 45-
km²
volcanic island
off the southeastern coast of
Taiwan
and separated from the
Batanes
of the
Philippines
by the
Bashi Channel
of the
Luzon Strait
. It is governed as Lanyu Township of
Taitung County
,
Republic of China
. The island is home to the
Tao
, an ethnic minority group who migrated to the island from the
Batan Archipelago
800 years ago. The island is known to them as Ponso no Tao or Pongso no Tawo (island of the people) or Irala. The island is also known as Botel Tobago.
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