Lin Fa Shan (
Chinese: 蓮花山) is the seventh highest mountain in
Hong Kong
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. With a height of 766 m
on
Lantau Island
Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located West of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands ...
, it is situated between
Mui Wo and
Sunset Peak.
Name
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 Lin Fa Shan (
Chinese: 蓮花山;
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 ...
: Lin
4 Faa
1 Saan
1) literally means "Lotus Flower Mountain".
Subpeaks
There are a few subpeaks that are given names in the Lin Fa Shan area, including:
* Sam Shan Toi ()
* Ap Kuk Lek ()
*
See also
*
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' ( ...
References
Mountains, peaks and hills of Hong Kong
Lantau Island
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