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Tang Lung Chau () is a islet located off the southern coast of
Ma Wan Ma Wan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island, with an area of .Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...
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Lighthouse

Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse and the former light keeper's house, located on Tang Lung Chau, was declared a monument on 29 December 2000.Antiquities and Monuments Office - Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
/ref> The lighthouse, also commonly known as Kap Sing Lighthouse, was put into service on 29 April 1912; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong. It is a skeletal steel tower of high with a white lantern on top. The steel tower and light apparatus were obtained from
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. The lighthouse, unmanned and automated, is now under the management of the Marine Department. There is a bedroom, a kitchen, a latrine and a store room in the adjoining brick light keeper's house. There was no spring or fresh water supply on the island so the light keeper of Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse used rainwater which was collected from the roof and then diverted into an underground tank.The Geographical Information System on Hong Kong Heritage
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See also

* List of lighthouses in Hong Kong *
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Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...
* Waglan Lighthouse


Gallery

File:Kap Shui Mun 2015.jpg, View of Ma Wan, with Tang Lung Chau in the upper part of the picture


References


External links


Aerial view on Google Maps

Map of Tang Lung Chau
* {{Lighthouse identifiers , qid2=Q15936439 Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong Tsuen Wan District Declared monuments of Hong Kong Lighthouses in Hong Kong