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Encyclopedia > Shek Pik

Shek Pik (石壁) is a place in the south coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It was also a village in the place. The village was relocated when Shek Pik Reservoir was built. Below the dam of the reservoir is Shek Pik Prison. Lantau Island, Hong Kong 22° 16′ 14″ N, 113° 57′ 10″ E Lantau Island (based on the local old name of Lantau Peak 爛頭 Làntóu, Ragged Head; 大嶼山 pinyin: DàyÇ” shān, Cantonese: Tai yue shan, Big Island Mountain), also Lantao, is the largest island in Hong Kong, located... Shek Pik Reservoir (石壁水塘) is a reservoir in Shek Pik of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. ...


Rock carving from neolithic age was found in Shek Pik. The Neolithic, (Greek neos=new, lithos=stone, or New Stone Age) is traditionally the last part of the stone age. ...


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Shek Pik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (302 words)
Shek Pik (石壁) is a place in the south coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Below the dam of the reservoir is Shek Pik Prison.
Rock carvings from neolithic age was found by Chen Kung-chiek in Shek Pik in 1939 when the local villagers told him there was an engraved craving on the upper part of the beach to the west of Tung Wan
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