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Encyclopedia > List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong

The following is a list of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong:

Contents


Tallest peaks of Hong Kong

  1. Tai Mo Shan - 958 m
  2. Lantau Peak (Fung Wong Shan) - 934 m, on Lantau Island
  3. Sunset Peak (Tai Tung Shan) - 869 m, on Lantau Island
  4. Ma On Shan - 702 m
  5. Wong Leng - 639 m
  6. Kowloon Peak (Fei Ngo Shan) - 602 m
  7. Castle Peak - 583 m
  8. Tate's Cairn (Tai Lo Shan) - 577 m
  9. Kai Kung Leng - 572 m
  10. Tai To Yan - 566 m
  11. Victoria Peak - 552 m, on Hong Kong Island
  12. Needle Hill - 532 m
  13. Mount Parker - 532 m
  14. Lion Rock - 495 m
  15. High West - 494 m
  16. Sharp Peak (Nam She Tsim) - 468 m
  17. Beacon Hill - 457 m
  18. Violet Hill - 433 m
  19. High Junk Peak (Tiu Yue Yung) - 344 m

Route Twisk Tai Mo Shan (大帽山, literally meaning Big Hat Mountain) is the highest mountain in Hong Kong, with an altitude of 958 m. ... Lantau Island, Hong Kong Lantau Island (based on its old name 爛頭島 Làntóu Dǎo, Ragged Head Island; now called 大嶼山 pinyin: Dàyǔ shān, Cantonese: Tai yue shan, Big Island Mountain), also Lantao, is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. ... Ma On Shan (Chinese: 馬鞍山, pinyin Mǎānshān, lit. ... Castle Peak is located in north west of HongKong, it is an industrial area with few power plants own by CLP there ( Castle Peak Power Station and Black Point Power station ). ... Victoria Peak or The Peak (扯旗山, 爐峯, 太平山頂, Tai Ping Shan, Mount Austin) is a mountain in the South-West of Hong Kong Island. ... Hong Kong Island (香港島, colloquially the Island side) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory, Victoria City, was founded. ... Mount Parker (柏架山) is the second highest peak (531 metres) on Hong Kong Island, after Victoria Peak (552m). ... Lion Rock, or less formally, Lion Rock Hill, is a famous hill in Hong Kong. ... Beacon Hill is a hill in the Kowloon Tong area of Hong Kongs Kowloon peninsula. ...

By location

Hong Kong Island

Mount Parker (柏架山) is the second highest peak (531 metres) on Hong Kong Island, after Victoria Peak (552m). ... Victoria Peak or The Peak (扯旗山, 爐峯, 太平山頂, Tai Ping Shan, Mount Austin) is a mountain in the South-West of Hong Kong Island. ...

Kowloon and New Kowloon

Lion Rock, or less formally, Lion Rock Hill, is a famous hill in Hong Kong. ... Lion Rock, or less formally, Lion Rock Hill, is a famous hill in Hong Kong. ...

New Territories

New Territories mainland

Route Twisk Tai Mo Shan (大帽山, literally meaning Big Hat Mountain) is the highest mountain in Hong Kong, with an altitude of 958 m. ... Castle Peak is located in north west of HongKong, it is an industrial area with few power plants own by CLP there ( Castle Peak Power Station and Black Point Power station ). ...

Outlying Islands

  • Lantau Peak
  • Sunset Peak

See also

See main Hong Kong article for a general description and history. ...

External link

  • Peaks in Hong Kong, with heights in metre and pictures

  Results from FactBites:
 
Geography of Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (610 words)
The landscape of Hong Kong is fairly hilly to mountainous with steep slopes.
Hong Kong is 60 km to the east of Macau on the opposite side of the Pearl River estuary.
Hong Kong's climate is subtropical and prone to monsoons.
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