Although the natural resources of the Pescadores are meager, and the weather is harsh, the islands are now no longer the barren outpost they were in imperial times.
昔時荒陬之島，今日觀光勝地澎湖地質磽瘠，天候不佳，無山無河，雨少風強。它原是火山群島，本是一個大規模的玄武岩「方山」（指頂面平坦而四周圍有陡峭崖壁的地形），經過長久的侵蝕，地床下降，海拔甚低。