SHANTUNG PENINSULA


Meaning of SHANTUNG PENINSULA in English

Chinese (Wade-Giles) Shan-tung Pan-tao, or (Pinyin) Shandong Bandao, peninsula in eastern China, occupying the east section of Shantung sheng (province) and extending northeastward beween the Gulf of Chihli and the Yellow Sea. The terrain is hilly, with elevations around 600 feet (180 m) but rising to 3,707 feet (1,130 m) in the Lao Mountains. Fishing for croakers, hairtails, herring, and prawns is economically important along the coast, and low tidal beaches are used as salt fields or as breeding grounds for mollusks. Grain is grown on the narrow plains along the coast, and apples, grapes, pears, and tea (on the south side of the peninsula) are raised in the hills. Iron ore, magnesite, and gold are abundant. Some of China's best ports are located along the peninsula's rocky, indented coast. Tsingtao, a major port and manufacturing centre (textiles, tires, and railroad cars and locomotives), is on the southeast side of the peninsula. Yen-t'ai, on the north, produces clocks and wine.

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