Pak Tai To Yan () is a mountain in northern Hong Kong near
Fanling
Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling i ...
. It is close to a similarly named peak called
Tai To Yan
Tai To Yan () is a mountain that lies in northern Hong Kong near Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town, Fanling. It is close to a similarly named peak called Pak Tai To Yan.
Geography
Tai To Yan is 566 metres tall and is the tallest mountain in the n ...
. Pak Tai To Yan is 480 metres tall.
Geography
On the northern foot of this mountain, the largest cemetery in Hong Kong,
Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery
Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery (), in Wo Hop Shek near Fanling in Hong Kong, is the largest public cemetery in Hong Kong. The cemetery opened in 1950 in the New Territories as cemeteries began to reach capacity on Hong Kong Island. Wo Hop Shek cov ...
, is built.
Access
Pak Tai To Yan is in
Lam Tsuen Country Park
Lam Tsuen Country Park () is a 15.20 km2 country park in the northern New Territories, Hong Kong.
It opened in 1979 and spans parts of Tai Po, Fanling and Yuen Long. The park is divided into two parts by Fan Kam Road: Tai To Yan () and Kai K ...
in northern Hong Kong. It is hiked as part of the Razors Edge Ridge Hike which brings hikers to both Pak Tai To Yan and nearby Tai To Yan.
Hikers can start their hike near Kadoorie Farm and finish a few hours later at
Fanling MTR station or
Wah Ming Estate
Wah Ming Estate () is a mixed TPS and public housing estate in Wo Hop Shek, Fanling, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Wa Mei Shan and Wo Hing Sports Centre. It consists of seven residential buildings built in 1990. The flats in the estate were ...
Bus Terminus.
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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Tai To Yan
Tai To Yan () is a mountain that lies in northern Hong Kong near Fanling–Sheung Shui New Town, Fanling. It is close to a similarly named peak called Pak Tai To Yan.
Geography
Tai To Yan is 566 metres tall and is the tallest mountain in the n ...
References
{{Hills and Mountains in Hong Kong