Pak Kung Au (), also known as Tung Chung Gap, Tung Chung Au (), is a

mountain pass A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...

along Tung Chung Road on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is located at the end of Stage 2 and the start of Stage 3 of the Lantau Trail, between Sunset Peak and

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 ...

B-HRX crash

On 26 August 2003, the B-HRX, an EC 155 B1 helicopter from the Government Flying Service crashed at Pak Kung Au. The pilot and the aircrewman were fatally injured. They are buried in

Gallant Garden Gallant Garden (), in Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery at Wo Hop Shek, Hong Kong, was established in November 1996 for civil servants who lost their lives on duty. In 2000, permanent earth burial was extended to both civil servants and non-civil servan ...

, a cemetery for civil servants who die on duty.

References

External links

Report on the accident to Eurocopter EC155B1 helicopter
Lantau Island Gaps of Hong Kong {{HongKong-geo-stub