From the air we see that Kuantu, in northwestern Taiwan, is flanked to the northeast by the tall mountains of the Mt. Tatun group, and to the west by Mt. Kuan-yin and the Linkou plateau. These two massive windbreaks shield Kuantu from the force of the northeasterly monsoon.
從空中鳥瞰，位於台灣西北角的關渡，東北邊大屯山群聳立，西有觀音山、林口台地環抱，像兩道厚厚屏風擋住東北季風的灌入。