The Peak Tower from road level

The Peak Tower from the viewing platform of the Peak Galleria

The interior of thePeak Tower in 2007.

The Peak Tower is a leisure and shopping complex located near the summit of Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It also houses the upper terminal of the Peak Tram. Both the Peak Tower and the Peak Tram are owned by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels group, the owner of Hong Kong's famous Peninsular Hotel along with many other properties. The tower and tram are joinly promoted by the collective branding known as The Peak.^[1][2] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3264x2448, 3390 KB)Taken by me on 07/08/06 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3264x2448, 3390 KB)Taken by me on 07/08/06 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The view of Hong Kong, Kowloon and Victoria Harbour from the top of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong Island Victoria Peak or The Peak (太平山頂, 扯旗山, 爐峯, Tai Ping Shan, Mount Austin; usually referred to locally in Cantonese by the nickname Shàn Déng, 山頂, literally mountain peak) is a mountain in the... The night view of the Island side as seen from the Kowloon side - the opposite side of the Victoria Harbour Hong Kong Island (Traditional Chinese: 香港島; Simplified Chinese: 香港岛; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dou2; Mandarin Pinyin: Xiānggǎngdǎo) is the island where the colonial settlement of the Hong Kong territory... The Peak Tram The Peak Tramway (Traditional Chinese: ) is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. ... The Peninsula The Peninsula Hong Kong (香港半島酒店) is one of the most famous hotels in the world. ...

The Peak Tower is located at an elevation of 396 m, 156 m below the summit of Victoria Peak. Because the architects sought a design which would be prominent on the skyline but would not interrupt the natural line of the hills, they chose a site in a dip along the line of the hills, and restricted the tower's height to 428 m above sea level.^[3]

Architecture

The current Peak Tower is the second on the site. Construction of the first started in 1971, and it was opened on August 29, 1972. The Tower Restaurant was situated on the top deck while the Peak Coffee Shop was located on the floor below. Both the upper floors were supported by two columns allowing a clear space between the upper and lower parts of the tower. This design feature has been retained in the redeveloped tower, but with quite a different shape to the upper section.^[3] 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

The current Peak Tower was the work of the British architect Terry Farrell, and was completed in 1997. It has seven floors with a total area of 10,400 m² (112,000 ft²) with a wok shape at the top. A viewing platform was located on the third floor overlooking the world famous Victoria Habour. An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Categories: People stubs ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cooking in a wok The wok is a versatile round-bottomed cooking vessel originating in China. ...

Attractions

Apart from the Peak Tram terminal and gift shops, the Tower also included serveral attraction: Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium, Hong Kong's Historical Adventure (a journey through scenes of the Hong Kong's early history, and the first computer-operated entertainment ride in Hong Kong) and the Peak Explorer Motion Simulator. The Peak Tram The Peak Tramway (Traditional Chinese: ) is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. ... Ripleys Believe It or Not! deals in the bizarre—events and items so strange and unusual that it is often hard to believe that they actually exist--but they do: believe it. ...

In 2000, after the closure of Hong Kong's Historical Adventure, Madame Tussauds Hong Kong moved in to occupy the former vacated premises to become the first Madame Tussaud's permanent outlet in the Asia-Pacific region. Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London, with branches in Amsterdam, Hong Kong (Victoria Peak), Las Vegas and New York. ... Map showing general definition of Asia-Pacific The term Asia Pacific or Asia-Pacific, sometimes abbreviated as APAC, generally applies to the littoral East Asia and South East Asia states that are near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself (Oceania). ...

After the latest refurbishment in 2006, the Peak Tower now has eight floors with viewing terrace relocated to the top of the building (at the top of the 'wok' shape) that overlook both Victoria Habour and Aberdeen (SW of the Hong Kong Island). The Madame Tussauds wax museum become the only attraction in the Tower and branded stores such as GODIVA chocolatier are introduced to the Tower. This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

The Peak Tower is adjoined by a second leisure and shopping centre, the Peak Galleria, built atop the bus station used by the public buses and green minibuses that serve the Peak. Bus services have a long history in Hong Kong. ... A green public minibus awaiting at the station at Tsim Sha Tsui. ...

References

1. ^ The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels - Peak Tower. The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited. Retrieved on March 13, 2007.
2. ^ The Peak. The Peak. Retrieved on March 13, 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b} Peak Tower History. The Peak. Retrieved on March 13, 2007.

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...

External links

• Official web directory of the Peak Tower

Coordinates: 22°16′17.49″N, 114°8′59.45″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...