Tai Tam Bay () is a bay in the
Tai Tam
Tai Tam or ''Tytam'' is an area in Southern District on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Tai Tam means a ''big pool'' in the Chinese language which illustrates a triangular bay, namely Tai Tam Bay between Stanley Peninsula, D'Aguilar Peak ...
area, in the southeastern part 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 ...
, in the
Southern District of Hong Kong.
Geography
Tai Tam Bay cover a marine area of about 8 kmĀ². It comprises a narrow inlet to the inner bay area, named
Tai Tam Harbour
Tai Tam Harbour () is a harbour in the innermost part of Tai Tam Bay in the southeastern part of Hong Kong Island, in the Southern District of Hong Kong. It is located at the estuary of Tai Tam Tuk.
Geography
Tai Tam Harbour is a narrow in ...
, as well as a much wider middle and outer bay. While the average water depth within Tai Tam Harbour is about 3 m, the water depth increases from 5 m in the middle bay to 9 m in the outer bay. The width of the opening of the bay is about 2.2 km.
The western point of the bay is Tai Tai Head or Tai Tam Tau () at the southern end of
Stanley Peninsula, while the eastern point of entrance is
Cape D'Aguilar
Cape D'Aguilar () is a cape on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The cape is on the southeastern end of D'Aguilar Peninsula. To its north are Shek O and D'Aguilar Peak.
Name
It is named after Major-General George Charles d'Aguilar.
Geograp ...
on the southeastern end of
D'Aguilar Peninsula
D'Aguilar Peninsula () is located in southeastern Hong Kong Island, in the Southern District of Hong Kong. It is named after Major-General Sir George Charles d'Aguilar.
Cape D'Aguilar is located in the southeastern part of D'Aguilar Peninsula. ...
.
To Tei Wan () is a small bay located on the eastern side of Tai Tam Bay. It is the site of the small (). At the time of the 1911 census, the population of To Tei Wan was 54.
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Tai Tam
Bays of Hong Kong
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