Fu Shan () is a small hill in
Hong Kong
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. It is situated on
Lantau Island
Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located West of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands ...
north of
Tai O
Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means ''large inlet'', referring to outlet for the waterways (Tai O Creek and Tai O River) merges as it ...
and stands at a height of above
sea level
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. It is notable for a trail on its ridge that allows one to view the threatened
Chinese white dolphins
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species jumping from the water into the air.
Access
Fu Shan is only accessible by foot. It can be approached in a few different ways. One way of reaching the summit is to make a sharp right after going past
Tai O Heritage Hotel at the western end of Shek Tsai Po Street and follow the signage along the way.
See also
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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' (å ...
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Lantau Peak
Lantau Peak or Fung Wong Shan (literally "Fenghuang, Phoenix Mountain") is the second highest peak in Hong Kong and the highest point on Lantau Island, with a height of above sea level. Name origin
The mountain is actually made up of a pair o ...
References
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