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Sai Wan Shan (Sai Kung)
Sai Wan Shan (Chinese: 西灣山) is a hill that lies within Sai Kung East Country Park, south of Tai Long Wan, on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. It has a height of above sea level. The hill is reasonably easy for hikers and is a popular site for hiking in Hong Kong. A portion of MacLehose Trail Stage 2 is built along the ridge of this hill. See also * List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong * Sai Kung Country Park * Sharp Peak Sharp Peak ( Chinese: 蚺蛇尖), or Nam She Tsim, is a hill inside Sai Kung East Country Park, north of Tai Long Wan, in the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. It is particularly well known for its well-defined sharp peak, which rises to a heigh ... References {{HongKong-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Territories
The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it is the region described in the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. According to that treaty, the territories comprise the mainland area north of Boundary Street on the Kowloon Peninsula and south of the Sham Chun River (which is the border between Hong Kong and Mainland China), as well as over 200 outlying islands, including Lantau Island, Lamma Island, Cheung Chau, and Peng Chau in the territory of HK. Later, after New Kowloon was defined from the area between the Boundary Street and the Kowloon Ranges spanned from Lai Chi Kok to Lei Yue Mun, and the extension of the urban areas of Kowloon, New Kowloon was gradually urbanised and absorbed into Kowloon. The New Territories now comprises only the mainland north of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Language
Chinese (, especially when referring to written Chinese) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Greater China. About 1.3 billion people (or approximately 16% of the world's population) speak a variety of Chinese as their first language. Chinese languages form the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages family. The spoken varieties of Chinese are usually considered by native speakers to be variants of a single language. However, their lack of mutual intelligibility means they are sometimes considered separate languages in a family. Investigation of the historical relationships among the varieties of Chinese is ongoing. Currently, most classifications posit 7 to 13 main regional groups based on phonetic developments from Middle Chinese, of which the most spoken by far is Mandarin (with about 800 million speakers, or 66%), followed by Min (75 million, e.g. Southern Min), Wu (74 million, e.g. Shangh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Kung East Country Park
Sai Kung East Country Park () is a country park on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong, measuring . It opened in 1978 and has features including: * High Island Reservoir * High Island, Hong Kong, High Island * Pak Tam Au * Sheung Yiu * Wong Shek Pier * Beaches of Tai Long Wan, Sai Kung, Tai Long Wan: Sai Wan, Sai Kung, Sai Wan, Ham Tin Wan, Tai Wan and Tung Wan. * Sharp Peak * Po Pin Chau * Conic Island (, Fan Tsang Chau) * Long Ke Wan * Luk Wu * Long Harbour (Hong Kong), Long Harbour * Chek Keng Villages * Ko Lau Wan * Tan Ka Wan See also * Hong Kong National Geopark *Sai Kung West Country Park References Sai Kung East Country Park on AFCD website Sai Kung Peninsula Sai Kung District Country parks and special areas of Hong Kong 1978 establishments in Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tai Long Wan (Sai Kung District)
Tai Long Wan () is a 3 kilometer-wide bay on the east coast of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.RTHKThe Miracles of the Ocean – Tai Long Wan (Big Wave Bay), Sai Kung/ref> Considered one of the most beautiful places in Hong Kong, it is a popular surf destination. Geography Natural Formations There are four main beaches along the bay: * Sai Wan (), also informally called Tai Long Sai Wan * Ham Tin Wan () * Tai Wan () * Tung Wan () None of the beaches in the Tai Long Wan area is suitable for swimming because of the presence of strong rip currents year-round, which means swimmers could be pulled into the open sea when caught in a rip current. The beaches are not gazetted and do not offer lifeguard services or shark nets that are common elsewhere in Hong Kong. Numerous drownings have occurred over the years because of the rip currents. Three tiny islands, Tsim Chau (), Tai Chau () and Lan Tau Pai (), sit picturesquely near the centre of the bay. Villag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Kung Peninsula
The Sai Kung Peninsula () is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administrated by Sai Kung District, the north by Tai Po District and the northwest by Sha Tin District. Description The vast land and sea area of the peninsula remains untouched by urbanisation, and it is mostly covered by country parks. The marine ecosystem in Hoi Ha Wan is protected by law. Sai Kung is also a popular place for hiking. The starting point for the MacLehose Trail is at Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung. There are also water sports sites along the shoreline offering kayaking, snorkelling and swimming among other activities. In addition, Sai Kung's Hoi Ha Wan () is one of the most easily accessed coral dive sites in Hong Kong. It is suitable for diver training and for newly certified divers. As a former fishing village, Sai Kung Town is a prime attra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacLehose Trail
The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses much of the New Territories, Hong Kong, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung District in the east to Tuen Mun Town, Tuen Mun District in the west. The path is marked by distance posts at 500-metre intervals. The trail is named after Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, the longest-serving governor of Hong Kong, who established the Country Parks and was himself an enthusiastic hiker. The trail passes through a variety of natural scenery including beaches and mountains. The MacLehose Trail starts in Pak Tam Chung, then weaves its way anticlockwise around the Sai Kung peninsula. It then hugs the Sai Kung district border with Sha Tin, until it meets the mountains separating Kowloon and the New Territories. The trail proceeds along the mountain range, culminating in an ascent up to the highest point in Hong Kong, Tai Mo Shan. The trail then winds its way to Tuen Mun in the western end of the New Territories, follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mountains, Peaks And Hills In Hong Kong
The following is a list of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong. In the romanisation system used by the Hong Kong Government known as Standard Romanisation, 'shan' and 'leng' are the transliterations of the Cantonese words for 'mount' (山) and 'ridge' (嶺), respectively. 'Toi', 'kong', 'fung' and 'koi' also correspond to 'mount' in English and 'teng' corresponds to 'peak'. It is this system which is used in the list below. Highest peaks of Hong Kong Lesser Hills There are numerous smaller hills that dot Hong Kong and some that have disappeared with re-development: Volcanoes *Tai Mo Shan * High Island Supervolcano * Kwun Yam Shan, Lam Tsuenhttp://geolsoc.org.hk/_newsletters/VOL%252014.2_Mar2008.pdf https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=231062983601269&story_fbid=673694836004746& Removed hills *Cheung Pei Shan *Sacred Hill See also * Geography of Hong Kong * Mountain Search and Rescue Company References External links Peaks in Hong Kong, with heigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Kung Country Park
Sai Kung Country Park, a country park on the Sai Kung Peninsula in northeast Hong Kong, comprises: * Sai Kung East Country Park * Sai Kung West Country Park * Sai Kung West Country Park (Wan Tsai Extension) Sai Kung West Country Park (Wan Tsai Extension) () is a country park on the Sai Kung Peninsula in northeast Hong Kong. Opened in 1996 the park's sights include: *Wan Tsai *Ocean Point The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body ... Parks in Hong Kong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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