Golden Hill (), also known as Kam Shan, is a tall mountain located in Hong Kong's
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 ...
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Location
Golden Hill is located inside
Kam Shan Country Park
Golden Hill Country Park or Kam Shan Country Park (), also known in Hong Kong as Monkey Hill (), established on 24 June 1977, is a country park located in the ranges north of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It covers an area of . Most of the area is covered by ...
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Wildlife
![HK KamShanCountryPark RhesusMacaque](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/HK_KamShanCountryPark_RhesusMacaque.JPG)
Golden Hill and surrounding areas are home to a large number of
macaques
The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and (in one instance) Gibraltar. Macaques are principal ...
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As a result, locals call this mountain "Monkey Hill".
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 ...
References
{{Hills and Mountains in Hong Kong
Mountains, peaks and hills of Hong Kong