Miu Ko Toi ( Chinese: 妙高台) is a

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. It is situated in

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and stands at a height of above the

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. It is one of the subpeaks of the tallest mountain in Hong Kong

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The

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding ar ...

name Miu Ko Toi ( Chinese: 妙高台;

Jyutping Jyutping is a romanisation system for Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK), an academic group, in 1993. Its formal name is the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Cantonese Romanization Scheme. The LSHK advocates fo ...

: Miu⁶ Gou¹ Toi⁴) literally means "Fantastic High Lookout".

Access

Miu Ko Toi is only accessible by foot and is south west of

. In between trail markers M150 and M151 of Tai Mo Shan Road, there is the entrance for a trail called Heung Shek Path. Assuming that you are walking up toward Tai Mo Shan's summit, turning right when you see Heung Shek Path will lead you to Miu Ko Toi's summit.

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