Tajvan is the largest island on Lipno Reservoir on the Vltava River in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in the territory of Horní Planá.
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Geography and nature
editThe highest point of the island reaches an altitude of 737 m. The island is covered with a mixed forest with a predominance of pines and birches. The island is known for the occurrence of waterfowl and rare aquatic fauna.[1]
Name
editAccording to one interpretation, the island was named after a fisherman who was riding a fish on it. Because he had sloping eyes, he was nicknamed the Chinese, so people began to call the island according to the island of Taiwan.[2]
According to another interpretation, cartographers planned to construct the Lipno Reservoir, because the expected nameless island on the shape maps remarkably resembled the shape of the island of Taiwan.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Tajvan:Lipenský ostrov s nádechem exotiky". zahora.estranky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ "Český Tajvan na Lipně – největší ostrov Lipenské přehrady" (in Czech). CzechTourism. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
- ^ Television document Vodní díla v Československu, directed by S. Studený, 1956
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