Pitouchiao

Nose corner is a prominent promontory, which is very important in marine geography. It is more than 10 kilometers away from Ruifang town in Taipei County (now Ruifang District in Xinbei city) in the West and about 10 kilometers away from sandiao Jiao in the south. It is named for its nose like shape. Tourists can see the nose corner extending in the vast blue ocean as soon as they cross Nanya about 85 kilometers along the coastal highway. The magnificent sea erosion cliff like a warship makes every tourist fall for it.

Pitouchiao

B í t ó u Ji ǎ o is on the northeast coast of Taiwan Island. It is about 10 kilometers south of sandiaojiao. It is composed of sandstone and shale interlayer. There are lighthouses on both sides. On the south side of Longdong Bay (also known as Laodong), there is a sea erosion cave. Nose cape and sandiao Cape, located in the east of Heping Island, are famous promontories on the northern coast of Taiwan Island. They protrude deeply from the East China Sea and are of great significance in shipping and strategy.

Nose angle

geographical position

Nose corner is more than 10 kilometers away from Ruifang District of Xinbei city in the West. From the azimuth, it is just at the intersection of East-West coast and South-North coast, so the coastline has formed a big turning point. At the top of the headland, there is a big cliff, up to fifty or sixty meters high. Standing beside the rock is like walking to the end of the land. Behind the cliffs is a white lighthouse, which guides ships to and from the waters of Northern Taiwan. Anyone who has been to the nose corner is attracted by its magnificent scenery. Some tourists specially come here to enjoy the moving scene of the Pacific wave impacting the rock wall and stirring up thousands of piles of snow.

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From the perspective of geological structure and lithology, nose angle is a syncline axis extending to the Northeast sea area, which is also the exposed area of nose sandstone. In this kind of nose sandstone, there are also shale. Because the shale is eroded and weathered rapidly by rainwater, there is obvious concave phenomenon, which causes the upper sandstone of shale to hang in the air and collapse due to gravity and weathering. On the other hand, the lower part of the sea cliff at the nose corner is eroded by waves, forming a sea erosion concave wall. This kind of concave wall often makes the upper part of the sea cliff suspended, so that the cliff collapses and the sea erosion cliff retreats year after year. It is estimated that in a million years, the nose horn will no longer exist.

Under the nose corner, there are places for fishing and swimming, but because of the rapids and hidden reefs, people who are not brave dare not swim here. To the south of nose corner, there are Longdong Bay and Longdong Cape. Longdong Bay is a bay eroded along the fault structure. The clear water sets off the nose corner, and the scenery is pleasant.

Along the coast of nose corner, there are many strange stones, which are eroded by wind and waves all the year round, forming sea erosion platform, concave wall and sea cliff. The mushroom rock, tofu rock and trace fossils are of great teaching and ornamental value. Located in the northeast corner of Taiwan, it is called the "North Taiwan triangle" together with Fugui cape and sandiao Cape.

The footpath on the south side of the nose tunnel is an ancient road of Ilan and Danshui in the past. At the end of the footpath is the beacon at the nose corner. It's a great pleasure to climb and overlook the rolling waves. On the right side is the famous "moon watching slope lawn", geologically known as "small terrace", which is also a slope to enjoy the stars at night. On the sea viewing platform, you can see the nose corner in the East and Keelung island in the West. The view is excellent and the sea erosion landscape is amazing along the way. From afar, the lighthouse and the blue sky and blue sea compose a quiet and dust-free landscape.

According to the different scenery, the nose corner trail can be divided into lighthouse line, coastal line and valley line.

In the nose

Located in the nose of jietoujiao, almost all residents make a living by fishing, going out early and returning late. Offshore fishing is mostly carried out at night. Therefore, outside Jietou village at night, there are a lot of fishing boats, which go up and down with the waves, and the fishing fire flickers in the waves. From nose corner, go south along the steep coastal highway, and turn to the east via Gongzao to reach sandiao corner. There is a beautiful Fulong bathing beach between the two headlands. The beach is about 1000 meters long and the water quality is clean. It is a good bathing area.

The three marten horns extend to the northeast and hang on the Pacific Ocean. At the top of the headland, there are two more small corners. In the north corner is "Yang Lei Bi", in the south corner is "Lai Lai Bi", and between the two corners is a small "Ma Gang" village. It is said that after the Spanish colonists forcibly occupied the chicken coop (Keelung) in Northern Taiwan in 1626, they landed near today's sandiao Jiao on May 11 of that year. For the convenience of the log book, they took a Spanish place name for this majestic promontory, Santiago. Later, the local people transliterated it as "San Diao". From then on, this place name was used.

The seashore near sandiaojiao has a broad sea erosion platform. Under Lailai nose, there are also boulder beaches. All these are evidences of the strong erosion of the coast in the past years. From lailaibi to the south, the coastal landform is somewhat different. The exposed rocks are mainly hard shale, and its distribution can extend southward to the area near Lancheng. Because the nature of this kind of rock is relatively uniform, it forms a quite straight coast. The strike of the coast is not only approximately parallel to the strike of regional rocks, but also in line with the prevailing northeast monsoon direction. Therefore, the situation of coastal erosion by waves is not as strong as that in nose corner and sandiao corner.

Nose corner coast

Along the coast of nose corner, there are many strange stones, which are eroded by wind and waves all the year round, forming sea erosion platform, concave wall and sea cliff. The mushroom rock, tofu rock and trace fossils are of great teaching and ornamental value. Located in the northeast corner of Taiwan, it is called the "North Taiwan triangle" together with Fugui cape and sandiao Cape.

The footpath on the south side of the nose tunnel is an ancient road of Ilan and Danshui in the past. At the end of the footpath is the beacon at the nose corner. It's a great pleasure to climb and overlook the rolling waves. On the right side is the famous "moon watching slope lawn", geologically known as "small terrace", which is also a slope to enjoy the stars at night. On the sea viewing platform, you can see the nose corner in the East and Keelung island in the West. The view is excellent and the sea erosion landscape is amazing along the way. From afar, the lighthouse and the blue sky and blue sea compose a quiet and dust-free landscape.

According to the different scenery, the nose corner trail can be divided into lighthouse line, coastal line and valley line.

Address: 57 Bitou Road, Ruifang District, Xinbei City, Taiwan

Longitude: 121.920288

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