Beaufort Island is a member of the
Po Toi group of islands in
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 Delt ...
. Its size is about
while its highest point is above sea level.
The channel next to Beaufort Island called Lo Chau Mun, or Beaufort Channel, is the deepest part of Hong Kong at below sea level.
Ecology
According to the local government, several plant species of conservation concern are present on Beaufort Island such as
Eulophia flava
''Eulophia'', commonly known as corduroy orchids, is a genus of about two hundred species of flowering plants in the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Most ''Eulophia'' orchids are terrestrial but some are deciduous while others are evergreen. They eit ...
( 黃花美冠蘭 ),
Podocarpus macrophyllus
''Podocarpus macrophyllus'' is a conifer in the genus ''Podocarpus'', family Podocarpaceae. It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and southern and eastern China. Common names in English include yew plum pine, Buddh ...
(羅漢松),
Polygala polifolia
''Polygala'' is a large genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae. They are commonly known as milkworts or snakeroots. The genus is distributed widely throughout much of the world[Rungia chinensis
''Rungia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa (within Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, ...]
(中華孩兒草).
Geology
The 140-million-year-old Po Toi Granite, which forms nearly all of Beaufort Island, is the last large magma intrusion in Hong Kong.
Megacrysts In geology, a megacryst is a crystal or grain that is considerably larger than the encircling matrix. They are found in igneous and metamorphic rocks. Megacrysts can be further classified based on the nature of their origin, either as:Chapman, Carle ...
are commonly found.
See also
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Waglan Island
Waglan Island is a member of the Po Toi group of islands in Hong Kong. It hosts a ground of meteorological observation and recording.
Waglan lighthouse
The Waglan Lighthouse on Waglan Island has been listed as a declared monument of Hong Ko ...
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Po Toi Island
Po Toi (commonly , originally ) is the main island of the Po Toi Islands and the southernmost island of Hong Kong, with an area of 3.69 km².
Name
It is said that the island used to produce dried seaweeds (), which were shaped like the catt ...
References
Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong
Po Toi Islands
Islands of Hong Kong
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