Liuqiu Island is a foot- or boot-shaped coral island covering at high tide and about at low tide, running about north to south and east to west. It lies in the southeast corner of the Taiwan Strait, about SSW of Donggang at the mouth of the Gaoping River on the southwestern shore of Taiwan Island. Overall, the island inclines gently from the southwest to the northeast, but consists of two grabensone NE to SW, the other NW to SEthat meet in the middle, dividing the island into four terraces. Its highest point is Belly Hill, about above sea level.