It lies within Kenting National Park and forms the western boundary of South Bay.

It is one of the southernmost points on Taiwan Island, sits opposite to the Cape Eluanbi in the southeast.

Māobítou is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese name, written 貓鼻頭 in traditional characters and 猫鼻头 in simplified characters.

It literally means "Cat Nose Head" but bítou is a simply a clarifying dialectical variation of bí, itself a dialectical name for a headland.

Maobitou or Maobi was formerly known as Niauphi,[1] from the Hokkien form of the name.