Orchid Island is a 45 km² high island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan Island and separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel(バシー海峡)of the Luzon Strait(ルソン海峡). It is governed as Lanyu Township of Taitung County, Taiwan. The island is home to the Tao, an ethnic minority group who migrated to the island from the Batan Archipelago 800 years ago.