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Channel Rock (Hong Kong)
Channel Rock () was a big rock in the midst of Kowloon Bay, in the east Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, opposite Kwun Tong Ferry Pier. It was incorporated into the extension of the runway of Kai Tak Airport. A navigation light was built on the rock in 1921, but was demolished with the extension of the Kai Tak runway. A 1977 survey of molluscs identified at Channel Rock included '' Siphonaria corallina'', ''Patelloida toloensis'', and ''Collisella ''Collisella'' was a genus of primitive sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. This genus has become a synonym of ''Lottia'' Gray, 1833 Rosenberg, G. (2012) ... cellanica''. References Kowloon City District {{NewKowloon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kowloon Bay
Kowloon Bay is a body of water within Victoria Harbour and an area within Kowloon, Hong Kong. The bay is located at the east of the Kowloon Peninsula and north of Hong Kong Island. It is the eastern portion of Victoria Harbour, between Hung Hom and Lei Yue Mun. The bay was divided into half when the 13/31 runway of the former Kai Tak Airport, Kai Tak International Airport was constructed in the middle of the bay in the mid-1950s. The land reclamation in Hong Kong, reclamation of north-eastern Kowloon Bay near Ngau Tau Kok is also named Kowloon Bay. It was formerly known as Ngau Tau Kok Industrial Area. After the construction of Kowloon Bay station, MTR Kowloon Bay station, the area is referred to as Kowloon Bay. The area near the MTR station is residential while the area near the shore is industrial. The area is traditionally an extension of Ngau Tau Kok, and thus facilities such as Ngau Tau Kok Police Station are located there. Administration Administratively, the recl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental in Hong Kong's establishment as a British colony in 1841 and its subsequent development as a trading centre. Throughout its history, the harbour has seen numerous reclamation projects undertaken on both shores, many of which have caused controversy in recent years. Environmental concerns have been expressed about the effects of these expansions, in terms of water quality and loss of natural habitat. It has also been proposed that benefits of land reclamation may be less than the effects of decreased harbour width, affecting the number of vessels passing through the harbour. Nonetheless Victoria Harbour still retains its founding role as a port for thousands of international vessels each year. The harbour is a major tourist attraction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kai Tak Airport
Kai Tak Airport was the international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak, or simply Kai Tak and Kai Tak International Airport, to distinguish it from its successor, Chek Lap Kok International Airport, built on reclaimed and levelled land around the islands of Chek Lap Kok and Lam Chau, to the west. Because of the geography of the area positioning the airport with water on three sides of the runway, with Kowloon City's residential apartment complexes and 2000-plus foot mountains to the north-east of the airport, aircraft could not fly over the mountains and quickly drop in for a final approach. Instead, aircraft had to fly above Victoria Harbour and Kowloon City, passing north of Mong Kok's Bishop Hill. After passing Bishop Hill, pilots would see Checkerboard Hill with a large red and white checkerboard pattern. Once the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siphonaria
''Siphonaria'' is a genus of air-breathing sea snails or false limpets, marine pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Siphonariidae, the false limpets.Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2012). Siphonaria. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138489 on 2012-07-04 Distribution This genus occurs worldwide in most tropical and temperate seas. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species are included in the genus ''Siphonaria'' * '' Siphonaria acmaeoides'' Pilsbry, 1894 * '' Siphonaria acuta'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria aequilirata'' Carpenter, 1857 * '' Siphonaria aequilorata'' Reeve, 1856 * '' Siphonaria alba'' Hubendick, 1943 * '' Siphonaria albicante'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonaria alternata'' Say, 1826 * '' Siphonaria alternicosta'' Potiez & Michaud, 1838 * '' Siphonaria asghar'' Biggs, 1958 * '' Siphonaria atra'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 * '' Siphonari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patelloida
''Patelloida'' is a genus of sea snails or true limpets, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Lottiinae of the family (biology), family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets.Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2014). Patelloida Quoy & Gaimard, 1834. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205118 on 2014-08-06 (This genus name should not be confused with the similar-sounding true limpet superfamily Patelloidea, which is also part of the Patellogastropoda). Species Species within the genus ''Patelloida'' include according to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) * ''Patelloida alticostata'' (Angas, 1865) * ''Patelloida bellatula'' (Iredale, 1929) * ''Patelloida chamorrorum'' Lindberg & Vermeij, 1985 * ''Patelloida conulus'' (Dunker, 1861) * ''Patelloida corticata'' (Frederick Hutton (scientist), Hutton, 1880) * ''Patelloida cryptalirata'' (Macpherson, 1955) * ''Patelloida exilis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collisella
''Collisella'' was a genus of primitive sea snails, specifically true limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Lottiidae, one of the families of true limpets. This genus has become a synonym of ''Lottia'' Gray, 1833 Rosenberg, G. (2012)''Collisella'' Dall, 1871.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-05-15. This genus of shield limpets was classified by some authors under the family Acmaeidae. Species Species within the genus ''Collisella'' include: * '' Collisella adami'' Christiaens, J., 1975 * '' Collisella borneensis'' * '' Collisella kolarovai'' (Grabau, A.W. & S.G. King, 1928) * '' Collisella pallidula'' Gould, A.A., 1859 - snowy limpet ** ''Collisella uncinata guadeloupa'' Christiaens, J., 1975 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Collisella abrolhosensis'' (Petuch, 1979): synonym of ''Lottia abrolhosensis'' (Petuch, 1979) * ''Collisella aconcaguina'' (RamÃrez, 1974): synonym of ''Scurria ceciliana'' (d'Orbigny, 1841) *'' Collisella acutapex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
