Nantai Island

Nantai is the largest island in the Min River of Fujian. It is located in the center of the Fuzhou Plain, surrounded by the "north harbor" of the Min and the Wulong River, or "south harbor" of the Min. It has the nickname "Island of Chinese snowballs and jade".

Nantai Island is wholly located in and forms the majority of Cangshan District, Fuzhou.

Geology
Around or before the Late Pleistocene, Nantai was only a rocky islet in the mouth of the Min River. It mostly comprised the present-day Gaogai Mountain (高盖山), Hama Mountain, and Yantai Mountain (烟台山), amounting to a land area of less than 30 km2. The island gradually expanded to over 100 km2 in the modern era, leading to the formation of Heidong Mountain (鬼洞山), Miaofeng Mountain (妙峰山), Guilong Mountain (圭龙山), and Qingyuan Peak (清源顶). The island continues to expand toward the northwest and southeast.

Geography
Nantai has an area of 118.2 km2, and is shaped like a rotated "S" along a southeast-northwest axis. It is oblong, with a comparatively short north-south length and long east-west span. The highest point on the island is Gaoshan Mountain (高盖山) at 202.6 m, though most of the island is below 150 m.