Nan'ao Island (南澳岛) is in Guangdong Province, China.
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[edit]It is a bedrocky continental island and an important habitat for Chinese white dolphins, known as the "Hawaii of the East".
Nan'ao Island is the only entire island that is a national AAAA-level tourist attraction in China. Nan'ao Island has always been a necessary berthing and transit point for trade along China's southeast coast, and it is also the main channel for Chinese mainland's trade with Taiwan and maritime trade, and an important node of the "Maritime Silk Road".
It is administered as part of Nan'ao County in Shantou City. It is the only island in Nan'ao County with residents.