Double Haven or Yan Chau Tong () is a harbour enclosed by Double Island,

Crescent Island Crescent Island () is a small, roughly crescent-shaped island lying close south of Mollyhawk Island in the Bay of Isles, South Georgia. It was roughly charted in 1912–13 by Robert Cushman Murphy. It was surveyed and named in 1929–30 by Disco ...

and Crooked Island within the north-eastern

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 ...

of Hong Kong. It is known for its scenery and natural environment, and for the calm seas from which its English name derives. Double Haven contains many deep red coloured rocks because of iron oxide.

Villages in Double Haven

* Lai Chi Wo () * Sam A Tsuen () *

Kat O Kat O () also named Crooked Island, is an island in Northeast Hong Kong. Administration Administratively, Kat O is part of North District. It is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Geography Kat O is located in ...

()

Islands

Islands within Double Haven include: * Chap Mo Chau * Double Island (Wong Wan Chau) * Fu Wong Chau *

(Crooked Island) *

Ngo Mei Chau Crescent Island or Ngo Mei Chau () is an island of Hong Kong, located southeast of Crooked Island (Kat O) and northeast of Double Island (Wong Wan Chau). Administratively, it is part of North District. Conservation Crescent Island has been part ...

(Crescent Island) *

Pak Ka Chau Pak Ka Chau () is an islet of the North District of Hong Kong. It is located within Double Haven, south of Kat O. Conservation Pak Ka Chau is part of the Double Haven Special Area () that covers 0.8 hectare and was designated in 2011. The Special ...

Yan Chau Yan Chau () is an islet in the North District in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located within Double Haven. Conservation Yan Chau is part of the Double Haven Special Area () that covers and was designated in 2011. The special area incl ...

Conservation

Parts of the haven fall within Yan Chau Tong Marine Park () to protect the wildlife of the marine creatures.

Plover Cove (Extension) Country Park Plover Cove also known for its Chinese names Shuen Wan Hoi () or Shuen Wan (), is a cove in the Tai Po District of Hong Kong, near Tolo Channel and Tolo Harbour. Geography It is encircled by the hills Pat Sin Leng and Wan Leng (), the Yim Tin Ts ...

was designated in 1979 to protect the ecology of Double Haven. It also forms a major part of

Hong Kong Global Geopark Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark (), formerly Hong Kong National Geopark (香港國家地質公園), was inaugurated on 3 November 2009. It is a single entity of land area over 150 km2 across parts of the eastern and northeastern New Territo ...

, Northeast New Territories

Sedimentary Rock Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particles ...

Region.The two main ecological features of this area are mangroves and seagrass beds, which are a nursery for marine life. The

Double Haven Special Area Double Haven or Yan Chau Tong () is a harbour enclosed by Double Island, Crescent Island and Crooked Island within the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is known for its scenery and natural environment, and for the calm seas from w ...

() covers 0.8 hectare and was designated in 2011. It includes the islets

(both within Double Haven) as well as the islet of

Ap Lo Chun Ap Lo Chun () is a small island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay () between Ap Chau () in the east and Sai Ap Chau in the west, with the islet of Ap Tan Pai () nearby in the northeast. It is under the administrati ...

and a part of

Ap Chau Ap Chau (), also known as Robinson Island, with a size of 0.04 km² is an island in the Crooked Harbour, in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (; Ap Chau Hoi). Islets located close by include A ...

(both within

Crooked Harbour Crooked Harbour or Kat O Hoi () is a harbour at the northeast of New Territories, Hong Kong. The harbour is connected to Double Haven and the bigger sea of Mirs Bay. Crooked Island, also known as Kat O, and several islands, including Ap Chau, for ...

). The geology of the area is characterised by

sedimentary rock Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause these particles ...

s of the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...

and

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of th ...

periods.

Transportation

* A ferry service runs between

Ma Liu Shui Ma Liu Shui is an area in Sha Tin District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The area faces Tide Cove (Sha Tin Hoi) and Tolo Harbour. The Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Science Park are located in Ma Liu Shui. Name ety ...

Ferry Pier, which sails across Double Haven on Sunday and public holidays. * A hiking route from

Wu Kau Tang Wu Kau Tang () is an area in Northeast New Territories, Hong Kong. It is administratively part of North District and is enclosed by Plover Cove Country Park on all sides. It is the starting point of the Wu Kau Tang Country Trail and the Plover ...

to Lai Chi Wo overlooks Double Haven.

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