Straddling the plates Just three kilometers to the east of Taroko Gorge lies the northern tip of the East Longitudinal Valley. Following the valley south, some 50 kilometers distant you reach the northern tip of the East Coastal Range.
由峽谷往東，跨過僅僅三公里之遙的花東縱谷，瑞穗以南，已然是年紀與太魯閣呈天壤之別的台東海岸。