Turtle Island

• By dokuya
• 21 March, 2016
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Turtle Island is located about 6 miles east of Wushih Harbor (30 minute boat ride).  To visit the island you need an admission permit and they say it takes  3 to 20 days.

In 1977 people who lived on the island were relocated and it became a military base from that time until 2000.  It is now a tourist destination and conservation area.  The number of visitors per day are limited and access on the island is limited.

The tour boat made a circle around the island.  The island is about 1 square mile in area.  The highest point is 1316 feet above sea level.  On one side of the island the water is a completely different color because of an underwater hot spring and you can smell the sulfur.  You can see the color change in some of the photos.

There is a lake on the island and we walked around it.  I also found the military tunnels very interesting.