List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong
The following is a list of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong.
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In the romanisation system used by the Hong Kong Government known as Standard Romanisation, 'shan' and 'leng' are the transliterations of the Cantonese words for 'mount' (山) and 'ridge' (嶺), respectively. 'Toi', 'kong', 'fung' and 'koi' also correspond to 'mount' in English and 'teng' corresponds to 'peak'. It is this system which is used in the list below.
Highest peaks of Hong Kong
Lesser Hills
There are numerous smaller hills that dot Hong Kong and some that have disappeared with re-development:
Name | Height (m) | Country park | Location | Notes |
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Amah Rock | 251 | Lion Rock | Named after Mazu (goddess). Not a hill, but a rock at the top of a hill. The rock itself is about 15 metres tall. | |
Mount Davis | 269 | Kennedy Town | Named for John Francis Davis, former British Governor of Hong Kong | |
Chiu Keng Wan Shan | 247 | Between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng | ||
Devil's Peak | 222 | Lei Yue Mun | ||
Braemar Hill | 200 | North Point | ||
Leighton Hill | < 100m | Causeway Bay and Happy Valley | ||
Morrison Hill | < 100m | Wan Chai | Named for John Robert Morrison, Chinese interpreter and British linguist and Colonial Secretary. The hill was levelled Praya at the time of the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s, which used its constituent rock/earth to reclaim land from the harbour, extending the shoreline away from the area. | |
Mount Parish | Causeway Bay and Happy Valley | named for Commodore John E. Parish, commander of China Station 1873–1876 |
Volcanoes
Removed hills
- Cheung Pei Shan
- Sacred Hill
References
- 落探員. 妙高台 [Miu Ko Toi] (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- 落探員. 禾塘崗 [Wo Tong Kong] (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- "GeoInfo Map.Map of Hong Kong provided by HKSARG". www.map.gov.hk. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
- Ovalles, César; Rechsteiner, Carl E. Jr. (eds.). Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications. CRC Press. p. 752. ISBN 9781482230864.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) [www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtoOdZ-Pr0]
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