Double Island

Double Island

1. (obsolete) An island in Sugarloaf Channel, Shantou, Guangdong, China, located inwards after Sugarloaf Island and larger than it.

   Synonyms: Masu, Mayu

   Coordinate term: Sugarloaf Island

   • 1891 August, S. B. Partridge, “American Baptist Mission, Swatow, China.”, in The Baptist Missionary Magazine‎, volume LXXI, number 8, ISSN 2156-9363, OCLC 6860296, page 370:

     At the entrance of the bay on which Swatow is located, there is a small island called Double Island, on which foreigners secured a foothold before the port was opened to the outside world.

   • 2003, Taylor, Hudson, “Called to Swatow”, in Looking Back: An Autobiography‎ (Missions), OMF International, →ISBN, OCLC 1044750319, pages 84-85:

     In Shanghai we met a Christian captain who had been trading at Swatow. He made a strong case for the needs of that area. British merchants lived on Double Island, and sold opium.

• Sailing Directions for the Coast of China, fourth edition, U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office, 1943, page 520