Mieu Loan Island is located in the middle of the Giai Bong island chain in the Van Son archipelago, southeast of Zhuhai city, about an hour from Guangzhou by speedboat.
The small island is only 1/3 the size of Di Hoa Vien, the famous summer palace in Beijing with an area of nearly 6.000 hectares. There exists a legend about the sea god, because the god blesses the people on the island with the source of fresh water that never runs out.
500 meter long sandy beach in Ha Phong Bay, Mieu Loan Island. (Photo: China Daily)
In fact, the island has its own water purification system, which is a 500-meter long sandy beach in Ha Phong Bay. The interesting thing is that this sand beach is not formed thanks to the rocky mountains on the island. The rocks on the island are mainly granite, the main components are quartz, stalagmite, mica. While the main component of the sandbar is limestone, the rock acts as a filter for water. So where does this limestone come from?
Not far from the island is the sea containing many dead creatures. They are an excellent source of limestone for the island. Every day, the sea water erodes the corpses of sea creatures, accreting sand for the island. The sand here is extremely fine, a few tens of % smaller in size than normal sand.
Sea water seeps through layers of fine sand. During this process, salt and other minerals cling to the limestone in the sand, leaving only fresh water. That's why the island, known as the Maldives of China, is always rich in fresh water.
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