Xingdao Dao (26°59'N., 120°28'E.) and Dongxing Dao, together with their off lying rocks, form a small group of islands sometimes known as Ying ko ku Lieh tao, lying about 20 miles WSW of Qixing Dao. Small vessels, seeking shelter from the Northeast Monsoon, can obtain anchorage, in a depth of 11m, mud, 0.2 mile off the SW side of Xixing Dao, with two white masts in line, bearing 058°. Vessels also anchor, in 12.8m, off the NW side of the islet in a position at the juncture of two ranges indicated by beacons standing E and W of the disused lighthouse at the W end of the islet. Vessels transiting the passage between Yin ko ku Lieh tao and Taishan Leidao, a group of high steep sided islands about 11 miles to the E, are recommended to favor the W side of the passage. Riyue Yu (Solitary Rock) (27°02'N., 120°25'E.), 81m high with a reef extending 0.2 mile E of it, lies 3.5 miles NW of Xixing Dao.

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