Basalt Stack Column Landform, Penghu Archipelago

Photo: Yang Yichou

Time: June, 2001

Site: Tongpan Island, Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan

Brief Introduction: The Penghu Archipelago was formed by lava. All basalt stack columns here are barrel-and-plate-like. The Tongpan (barrel-and-plate-like) Island is most typical with this kind of landforms. They are the representatives of volcanic lava landforms.