Overview of Hong Kong islands and peninsulas
Islands of Hong Kong Island (red) and New Territories (green), but Kowloon Rock , the only island in Kowloon is so small that cannot be labelled Hong Kong comprises the Kowloon Peninsula and 263 islands over 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft),[1] the largest being Lantau Island and the second largest being Hong Kong Island . Ap Lei Chau is one of the most densely populated islands in the world .
Hong Kong Island is historically the political and commercial centre of Hong Kong. It was the site of the initial settlement of Victoria City , where the financial district of Central is now located. Most of the other islands are commonly referred to as the Outlying Islands .
The Kowloon Peninsula , across Victoria Harbour from Hong Kong Island is another notable commercial centre in Hong Kong.
In terms of the districts of Hong Kong , while one of the 18 districts is called the Islands District , many islands of Hong Kong are actually not part of that district, which only consists of some twenty large and small islands in the southern and the south-western waters of Hong Kong. These islands belong to respective districts depending on their locations.
Peninsulas Below is a partial list of the peninsulas of Hong Kong and the districts they belong to:
Mainland
Hong Kong Island
Lantau Island
Former peninsulas
Islands Below is a partial list of the islands of Hong Kong and the districts they belong to:
A Chau (丫洲 , Centre Island) – Tai Po A Chau (鴉洲 ) – North Adamasta Rock (北長洲石 ) – IslandsAp Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai (鴨洲尾白墩排 ) – NorthAp Chau Pak Tun Pai (鴨洲白墩排 ) – NorthAp Chau (鴨洲 , Robinson Island) – NorthAp Lei Chau (鴨脷洲 , Aberdeen Island) – Southern Ap Lei Pai (鴨脷排 ) – SouthernAp Lo Chun (鴨籮春 ) – NorthAp Tan Pai (鴨蛋排 ) – NorthAp Tau Pai (鴨兜排 ) – NorthBay Islet (匙洲 , See Chau) – Sai Kung Breaker Reef (打浪排 ) – Tai PoBun Bei Chau (崩鼻洲 ) – Sai KungBun Sha Pai (崩紗排 ) – Tai PoCha Kwo Chau (茶果洲 ) – Islands Cha Yue Pai (炸魚排 ) – Sai Kung Cham Pai (杉排 ) – Tai Po Cham Pai (沉排 ) – Sai Kung Cham Tau Chau (枕頭洲 ) – Sai KungChap Mo Chau (執毛洲 ) – North Chau Tsai Kok (洲仔角 ) – Tai PoChau Tsai (洲仔 ) – Sai Kung Che Lei Pai (扯里排 ) – Tai PoChek Chau (赤洲 , Port Island) – Tai PoChek Lap Kok (赤鱲角 ) – Islands – now assimilated with Lam Chau into the airport platform and connected to Lantau Island by two bridgesCheung Chau (長洲 ) – IslandsCheung Shek Tsui (長石咀 ) – North Cheung Sok (長索 ) – Tsuen Wan Cheung Tsui Chau (長咀洲 ) – Sai Kung Ching Chau (青洲 , distinct from Steep Island ) – Sai Kung Conic Island (飯甑洲 ) – Sai KungDouglas Rock (德己利士礁 ) – IslandsFlat Island (銀洲 , Ngan Chau) – Tai PoFo Shek Chau (火石洲 , Basalt Island) – Sai KungFo Siu Pai (火燒排 ) – Sai Kung Fu Wong Chau (虎王洲 ) – North Fun Chau (墳洲 ) – North Green Island (青洲 ) – Central & Western Ha So Pai (蝦鬚排 ) – Islands Hau Tsz Kok Pai (孝子角排 ) – Tai PoHei Ling Chau (喜靈洲 ) – IslandsHin Pai (蜆排 ) – Tai Po Hok Tsai Pai (殼仔排 ) – Sai Kung Hong Kong Island (香港島 )Hung Pai (紅排 ) – North Kai Chau (雞洲 ) – Sai Kung Kat O (吉澳 , Crooked Island) – NorthKau Pei Chau (狗脾洲 ) – SouthernKau Sai Chau (滘西洲 ) – Sai KungKau Yi Chau (交椅洲 ) – IslandsKiu Tau (橋頭 ) – Sai Kung Kiu Tsui Chau (橋咀洲 , Sharp Island) – Sai KungKo Pai (高排 ) – North Kok Tai Pai (角大排 ) – North Kong Tau Pai (光頭排 ) – Sai Kung Kowloon Rock (九龍石 ) – Kowloon City Kung Chau (弓洲 ) – Tai PoKwun Cham Wan (罐杉環 ) – Sai KungKwun Tsai (觀仔 ) – Sai Kung Lak Lei Tsai (癩痢仔 ) – Sai Kung Lamma Island (南丫島 ) – IslandsLan Shuen Pei (爛樹排 ) – North Lan Tau Pai (爛頭排 ) – Sai Kung Lantau Island (大嶼山 ) – IslandsLap Sap Chau (垃圾洲 ) – Sai Kung Little Green Island (小青洲 ) – Central & WesternLo Chau (羅洲 ) – Southern Lo Chi Pai (鷀鸕排 ) – North Lo Chi Pai (鷀鸕排 ) – Sai Kung Lo Fu Tiu Pai (老虎吊排 ) – Sai Kung Lo Shue Pai (老鼠排 ) – Eastern Loaf Rock (饅頭排 ) – IslandsLuk Chau (鹿洲 ), formerly George I.[2] – IslandsLung Kwu Chau (龍鼓洲 ) – Tuen Mun Lung Shan Pai (龍山排 ) – Southern Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排 ) – Sai Kung Lut Chau (甩洲 ) – Yuen Long Ma Shi Chau (馬屎洲 ) – Tai PoMa Tsai Pai (孖仔排 ) – Sai Kung Ma Wan (馬灣 ) – Tsuen WanMa Yan Pai (媽印排 ) – Tai Po Magazine Island (火藥洲 , Fo Yeuk Chau) – SouthernMei Pai (尾排 ) – Islands Middle Island (熨波洲 ) – SouthernMong Chau Tsai (芒洲仔 ) – Sai Kung Moon Island (磨洲 , Mo Chau) – Tai PoMuk Yue Chau (木魚洲 ) – Sai Kung Nam Fung Chau (南風洲 ) – Sai KungNg Fan Chau (五分洲 ) – Southern Nga Ying Chau (牙鷹洲 ) – Sai Kung Southeast to Ching Chau (青洲 ) Nga Ying Pai (牙鷹排 ) – Sai Kung Ngam Hau Shek (岩口石 ) – Tsuen Wan Ngan Chau (銀洲 ) – IslandsNgau Shi Pui (牛屎砵 ) – Sai Kung Ngau Tau Pai (牛頭排 ) – Sai Kung Ngo Mei Chau (娥眉洲 , Crescent Island) – NorthNinepin Group (果洲群島 ) – Sai KungLung Shuen Pai (龍船排 ) North Ninepin Island (北果洲 )Sai Chau Mei (細洲尾 ) Shue Long Chau (蕃莨洲 ) Tai Chau (大洲 ) Tai Chau Mei (大洲尾 ) Tuen Chau Chai (短洲仔 ) Pak Chau (白洲, Tree Island ) – Tuen MunPak Ka Chau (筆架洲 ) – NorthPak Ma Tsui Pai (白馬咀排 ) – Sai Kung Pak Pai (白排 ) – Sai Kung Pak Sha Chau (白沙洲 , Round Island) – NorthPak Sha Chau (白沙洲 , White Sand Island) – Sai KungPat Ka Chau (筆架洲 ) – North Peaked Hill (雞翼角 ) – IslandsPeng Chau (坪洲 ) – IslandsPearl Island (龍珠島 ) – Tuen MunPin Chau (扁洲 ) – Sai Kung Ping Chau (平洲 ) – Tai PoPing Min Chau (平面洲 ) – Sai Kung Po Pin Chau (破邊洲 ) – Sai KungPo Toi Islands (蒲苔群島 ) – IslandsCastle Rock (螺洲白排 ) Beaufort Island (螺洲 , Lo Chau)Mat Chau (墨洲 ), an islet off Po Toi Island Mat Chau Pai (墨洲排 ), an islet off Mat Chau Po Toi Island (蒲苔島 )Sai Pai (細排 ) San Pai (散排 ) Sung Kong (宋崗 ) Tai Pai (大排 ) Waglan Island (橫瀾島 )Po Yue Pai (蒲魚排 ) – Sai Kung Pun Shan Shek (半山石 ) – Tsuen Wan Pyramid Rock (尖柱石 ) – Sai KungRound Island (銀洲 ) – SouthernSai Ap Chau (細鴨洲 ) – NorthSam Pai (三排 ) – Sai Kung Sam Pui Chau (三杯酒 ) – Tai PoSha Chau (沙洲 ) – Tuen MunSha Pai (沙排 ) – North Sha Pai (沙排 ) – Tai Po Sha Tong Hau (沙塘口山 , Bluff Island) – Sai KungSham Shui Pai (深水排 ) – Islands Shau Kei Pai (筲箕排 ) – North Shek Chau (石洲 ) – Sai KungShek Kwu Chau (石鼓洲 ) – IslandsShek Ngau Chau (石牛洲 ) – Tai PoShelter Island (牛尾洲 ) – Sai KungSheung Pai (雙排 ) – North Shui Cham Tsui Pai (水浸咀排 ) – NorthShui Pai (水排 ) – Islands Siu Kau Yi Chau (小交椅洲 ) – Islands Siu Nim Chau (小稔洲 ) – North Siu Tsan Chau (小鏟洲 ) – Sai Kung Soko Islands (索罟群島 ) – IslandsSteep Island (青洲 , Ching Chau) – Sai KungSunshine Island (周公島 ) – IslandsTa Ho Pai (打蠔排 ) – North Tai Chau (大洲 ) – Sai Kung Tai Lei (大利 ) – IslandsTai Nim Chau (大稔洲 ) – North Tai O (大澳 ) – IslandsTai Pai (大排 ) – Sai Kung Tai Tau Chau (Sai Kung District) (大頭洲 ) – Sai KungTai Tau Chau (Southern District) (大頭洲 ) – SouthernTai Tsan Chau (大鏟洲 ) – Sai Kung Tang Chau (燈洲 ) – Tai PoTang Lung Chau (燈籠洲 ) – Tsuen WanTap Mun Chau (塔門 , Grass Island) – Tai PoTau Chau (頭洲 ) – Southern The Brothers (磨刀洲 ) – Tuen MunTit Cham Chau (鐵蔘洲 ) – Sai Kung Tit Shue Pai (鐵樹排 ) – Tai Po Tiu Chung Chau (吊鐘洲 , Jin Island) – Sai KungTiu Chung Pai (吊鐘排 ) – Sai Kung Tong Hau Pai (塘口排 ) – Sai Kung Town Island (伙頭墳洲 ) – Sai KungTrio Island (大癩痢 ) – Sai Kung Tsim Chau Group – Sai KungTai Chau (大洲 ) Tsim Chau (尖洲 ) Tsing Chau (青洲 , Table Island) – North Tsing Yi Island (青衣島 ) – Kwai Tsing Tsui Pai (咀排 ) – Islands Tuen Tau Chau (斷頭洲 ) – Sai Kung Tung Lung Chau (東龍洲 ) – Sai KungTung Sam Chau (棟心洲 ) – Sai Kung Wai Chau Pai (灣仔排 ) – Tai Po Wai Kap Pai (桅夾排 ) – Sai Kung Wang Chau (橫洲 ) – Sai KungWang Pai (橫排 ) – Sai Kung Wo Sheung Chau (和尚洲 ) – Sai Kung Wong Mau Chau (黃茅洲 ) – Sai Kung Wong Nai Chau Tsai (黃泥洲仔 ) – Sai Kung Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲 ) – North Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲 ) – North Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲 ) – Sai Kung Wong Wan Chau (往灣洲 , Double Island) – NorthWong Wan Pai (往灣排 ) – Sai Kung Wong Yi Chau (黃宜洲 ) – Sai Kung Wu Chau (烏洲 ) – North Wu Chau (烏洲 ) – Tai PoWu Pai (烏排 ) – North Wu Yeung Chau Pai (湖洋洲排 ) – North Wu Ying Pai (烏蠅排 ) – Islands Yan Chau (印洲 ) – NorthYau Lung Kok (游龍角 ) – Sai Kung Yeung Chau (洋洲 ) – North Yeung Chau (洋洲 ) – Tai PoYeung Chau (羊洲 ), Sheep Island – Sai Kung Yi Long Pai (二浪排 ) – Islands Yi Pai (二排 ) – Sai Kung Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔 ) – Tai PoYim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔 , Little Salt Field) – Sai KungYuen Kong Chau (圓崗洲 ) – Sai Kung
Former islands Channel Rock – Kowloon City – now a part of the Kai Tak former airport runwayChau Tsai – absorbed by reclaimed land of Tsing Yi Island , near CRC Oil Depot of Nam Wan Kok Fat Tong Chau (佛堂洲 , Junk Island) – now a part of Tseung Kwan O , Sai Kung as a result of land reclamation Hoi Sham Island – Kowloon City (also To Kwa Wan Island) – now part of To Kwa Wan as a result of reclamationKellett Island – now part of Causeway Bay as a result of gradual land reclamation, Eastern La Ka Chau (勒加洲 )Lam Chau – Islands – now assimilated with Chek Lap Kok into the airport platform and connected to Lantau by two bridgesLo Shue Pai [zh-tw] Leung Shuen Wan (糧船灣洲 , High Island), Sai Kung – connected to the mainland to form the High Island Reservoir Mong Chau – an island off the hill of Lai King , buried under the Terminal 2 of the Container TerminalMouse Island – an island in Sam Shing, Tuen Mun and now a part of Mouse Island Children's Playground Nga Ying Chau – now northeast corner of the Tsing Yi Island as a result of land reclamationRumsey Rock – now a part of shore of between Tsim Sha Tsui East and Hung Hom Stonecutters Island – a former island, now part of the Kowloon Peninsula , following land reclamationTsing Chau , or Pillar Island – absorbed into reclaimed land of Gin Drinkers Bay or Lap Sap Wan . It is the Kwai Chung end of Tsing Yi Bridge Tung Tau Chau (東頭洲 ) – connected to the mainland to form the Plover Cove Reservoir Yuen Chau Tsai (元洲仔 )Un Chau Careening Island New Wing of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Largest islands The following is a list of the largest islands of Hong Kong, sorted by area (km2 ):[1]
Lantau Island 147.16Hong Kong Island 78.52Lamma Island 13.74Chek Lap Kok – the site of the airport platform, 12.70 km2 [needs update ] Tsing Yi Island 10.69Kau Sai Chau 6.70Po Toi 3.69Cheung Chau 2.44Tung Lung Chau 2.42Crooked Island (Kat O) 2.35Wong Wan Chau (Double Island) 2.13Hei Ling Chau 1.93Tap Mun Chau (Grass Island) 1.69An artificial island for the Boundary Crossing Facilities and the southern entrance of the Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link Tunnel 1.50[4] Ap Lei Chau 1.30Tai A Chau 1.20Tung Ping Chau 1.16Peng Chau 0.97Ma Wan 0.97Leung Shuen Wan was connected to the mainland in the 1970s to form the High Island Reservoir . It historically had an area of 8.511 km2 and was in 1960 the 4th largest island of Hong Kong.[5] At that time, the airport platform had not yet been built and the area of Tsing Yi increased later as a consequence of land reclamation.
The original Chek Lap Kok had an area of 3.02 km2 [6] (other sources mention 2.8 km2 ).[7] By the time when the airport was open the size of the island was cited to be 1,248 hectares.[8]
Islands by population Hong Kong Island Tsing Yi Lantau Ap Lei Chau Cheung Chau Ma Wan Lamma Peng Chau Pearl Island Grass Island Crooked Island
See also
References ^ a b Lands Department (January 2017), Hong Kong Geographic Data (PDF) , retrieved 2017-05-31 ^ "Hong-Kong", Encyclopaedia Britannica , vol. XII (9th ed.), 1881, p. 141 .^ "Three Runway System". ^ "Highways Department - Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF)". Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-23 . ^ Chan, Tin-kuen, Anthony, "Parade for the queen: safeguarding the intangible heritage of the Tin Hau Sea Ritual in Leung Shuen Wan, Sai Kung", University of Hong Kong dissertation, 2006 Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine ^ Plant, G.W.; Covil, C.S.; Hughes, R.A.; Airport Authority Hong Kong (1998). Site Preparation for the New Hong Kong International Airport. Thomas Telford. ISBN 978-0-7277-2696-4 . ^ "Antiquities and Monuments Office: Chek Lap Kok Island and its history". Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2011-08-08 . ^ "New Airport".
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