BOELEN(1836) T3 p286 SCHETS VAN DE HAVEN VAN MACAO

There are one peninsula, one main island, and several small

artificial island An artificial island is an island that has been constructed by people rather than formed by natural means. Artificial islands may vary in size from small islets reclaimed solely to support a single pillar of a building or structure to those th ...

s in the

Macao Special Administrative Region Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a popu ...

. The main island is located to the south of the

Macau Peninsula The Macau Peninsula is the most populous and historical part of Macau. It has an area of () and is geographically connected to Guangdong Province at the northeast through an isthmus wide. The peninsula, together with downtown Zhuhai, sits ...

and at the east of Hengqin Island of the

Pearl River The Pearl River, also known by its Chinese name Zhujiang or Zhu Jiang in Mandarin pinyin or Chu Kiang and formerly often known as the , is an extensive river system in southern China. The name "Pearl River" is also often used as a catch-a ...

(Zhujiang), Guangdong Province, China. The island remains unnamed since its creation in the late 1990s, after the reclamation project of

Cotai Cotai (; pt, Zona do Aterro de Cotai) is a piece of newly reclaimed land on top of Seac Pai Bay between Taipa and Coloane islands in Macau, that has made two independent islands become one island, since 2005. The word (a portmanteau of Coloan ...

which filled up the channel between the islands of

Coloane Coloane (Cantonese: Lou Wan) is a former island in Macau that is united with the island of Taipa by an area of reclaimed land known as Cotai. It is located at the southern part of Macau. Administratively, the boundaries of the traditional civil pa ...

and

Taipa Taipa ( zh, t=氹仔, ; pt, Taipa, ) was a former island in Macau, presently united with the island of Coloane by reclaimed land known as Cotai. Administratively, the boundaries of the traditional civil parish Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do ...

. Historically, the unnamed island was under the administration of the

Concelho das Ilhas The Municipality of Ilhas ( pt, Concelho das Ilhas, literally "Municipality of the Islands") was one of the two municipalities of Macau, along with the Municipality of Macau. Its organs were the municipal council (''Câmara Municipal das Ilhas'') ...

, The

was once an island on the Pearl River Delta. It has linked to Zhongshan Island as a result of

sedimentation Sedimentation is the deposition of sediments. It takes place when particles in suspension settle out of the fluid in which they are entrained and come to rest against a barrier. This is due to their motion through the fluid in response to the ...

and became a peninsula approx. two thousand years ago. Apart from this case, all of the Macanese former islands were merged either to the Macau Peninsula or the newly unnamed island directly or indirectly as the result of artificial land reclamation.

Peninsulas

– itself a part of Zhongshan Island * Monte Ká Hó, eastnortheastern part of Coloane * Coloane B Power Station *

Taipa Ferry Terminal The Taipa Ferry Terminal (; pt, Terminal Marítimo de Passageiros da Taipa) is located in Taipa, Macau SAR. It is located in the reclamation area of Pac On and is adjacent to the Macau International Airport. The terminal provides high-speed ...

Ilha Verde Ilha Verde, also known by its Cantonese name Cing-zau and Mandarin name Qingzhou, is an area in the northwest of Macau Peninsula, Macau that forms part of the Our Lady Fatima Parish. It is a former island—known in English as Verde or Green ...

(former island)

Islands

Entirely

* Aterro da "Zona A" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos (

) * Aterro da "Zona C" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos (artificial island) * The island comprising

, and

(main island) * The island containing the runway and taxiways of

Macau International Airport Macau International Airport ( zh, 澳門國際機場; pt, Aeroporto Internacional de Macau) is an international airport in the special administrative region of Macau, situated at the eastern end of Taipa island and neighbouring waters whic ...

(artificial island)

Partly

* Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Island (artificial island) – the southern part of the island is a part of Macau, containing the Zhuhai-Macau Checkpoint

Leased

Hengqin Hengqin (, pt, Ilha da Montanha) is an island in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin were leased to Macau by th ...

(formerly known as Dom João e Montanha of the

Lapa, Dom João, and Montanha Islands Wanzai, Small Hengqin and Great Hengqin (Portuguese names: Lapa, Dom João and Montanha) are three islands located to the west of the Macau Peninsula and the Macau islands of Taipa and Coloane that were under Portuguese influence. They were inh ...

) – a part of the island is under Macanese administration as per a 40-year lease signed on 27 June 2009 between the

Government of Macau The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; Portuguese: Governo da R.A.E. de Macau; conventional short name Macau Government, 澳門政府, Governo de Macau), are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to ...

and the

Chinese Central Government The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the p ...

Islets

* (artificial islet) * Islets in the

Nam Van Lake The Nam Van Lake (; pt, Lago Nam Van) is a man-made lake in Sé, Macau, China. It is one of two man made lakes in Macau. It is located at the southern end of Macau Peninsula. The lake was once part of a bay ( Praia Grande Bay), created when th ...

* (artificial islet)

Former islands

* Coloane Island * Ilha Kai Kiong – connected to the apron of

in 1995 *

– connected to the Macau Peninsula in 1895 when a causeway (now

Avenida do Conselheiro Borja Avenue or Avenues may refer to: Roads * Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees) * Avenue Road, Bangalore * Avenue Road, Lon ...

) was built * Ilhéu das Lázaras – connected to the north-east of Coloane * Ilhéu de Macau-Siac – connected to the north-east of the Macau Peninsula in January 1921, during the landfilling works for Macau's Outer Harbour expansion * Macau Island * Pedra d'Areca *

Taipa Island Taipa ( zh, t=氹仔, ; pt, Taipa, ) was a former island in Macau, presently united with the island of Coloane by reclaimed land known as Cotai. Administratively, the boundaries of the traditional civil parish Freguesia de Nossa Senhora do Ca ...

– was itself two smaller islands

References

External links

Macao Online Map

– Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (Cartography and Cadastre Bureau) {{Asia topic, List of islands of Macau Macau Peninsula Islands of Macau Islands of the South China Sea

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a p ...