Beiding Island ( Dodd Island, Pei-ting Tao, Beiding Dao, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) (, pinyin: Běidìng Dǎo) is an island located east of Greater Kinmen in Jinhu Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).
On September 8, 1978, a butchers group from Jinhu visited Dongding Island and Beiding Island to bring gifts to the soldiers there. They wished the soldiers a happy upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival.
On March 31, 2018, the Chinese freight ship YUAN TAI(遠泰)789 struck rocks in the waters near Beiding Island. Nine crew members escaped without injury.
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