List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong

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Hong Kong comprises the Kowloon peninsula and 261 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.

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[]

Partial list of peninsulas - and the district they belong to:

Mainland[]

  • Kowloon Peninsula - Geographically, it refers to the area south of the mountain ranges of Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn, Kowloon Peak, etc. and covers five districts itself. Historically, only the portion south of Boundary Street was ceded to Britain by the Convention of Peking in 1860, covering the area of only two and a half of the five districts.
  • Sai Kung Peninsula
    • Pak Sha Wan Peninsula
  • Clear Water Bay Peninsula
  • Wan Tsai

Hong Kong Island[]

Lantau Island[]

Former peninsulas[]

Islands[]

Partial list of islands - and the district they belong to:

  • A Chau (丫洲, Centre Island) - Tai Po
  • A Chau (鴉洲) - North
  • Adamasta Rock (北長洲石) - Islands
  • Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai (鴨洲尾白墩排) - North
  • Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai (鴨洲白墩排) - North
  • Ap Chau (鴨洲, Robinson Island) - North
  • Ap Lei Chau (鴨脷洲, Aberdeen Island) - Southern
  • Ap Lei Pai (鴨脷排) - Southern
  • Ap Lo Chun (鴨籮春) - North
  • Ap Tan Pai (鴨蛋排) - North
  • Ap Tau Pai (鴨兜排) - North
  • Bay Islet (匙洲, See Chau) - Sai Kung
  • Breaker Reef (打浪排) - Tai Po
  • Bun Bei Chau (崩鼻洲) - Sai Kung
  • Bun Sha Pai (崩紗排) - Tai Po
  • (茶果洲) - Islands
  • (炸魚排) - Sai Kung
  • (杉排) - Tai Po
  • (沉排) - Sai Kung
  • Cham Tau Chau (枕頭洲) - Sai Kung
  • (執毛洲) - North
  • Chau Tsai Kok (洲仔角) - Tai Po
  • Chau Tsai (洲仔) - Sai Kung
  • Che Lei Pai (扯里排) - Tai Po
  • Chek Chau (赤洲, Port Island) - Tai Po
  • Chek Lap Kok (赤鱲角) - Islands - now assimilated with Lam Chau into the airport platform and connected to Lantau Island by two bridges
  • Cheung Chau (長洲) - Islands
  • (長石咀) - North
  • Cheung Sok (長索) - Tsuen Wan
  • (長咀洲) - Sai Kung
  • (青洲, distinct from Steep Island) - Sai Kung
  • Conic Island (飯甑洲) - Sai Kung
  • Douglas Rock (德己利士礁) - Islands
  • Flat Island (銀洲, Ngan Chau) - Tai Po
  • Fo Shek Chau (火石洲, Basalt Island) - Sai Kung
  • (火燒排) - Sai Kung
  • (虎王洲) - North
  • (墳洲) - North
  • Green Island (青洲) - Central & Western
  • (蝦鬚排) - Islands
  • Hau Tsz Kok Pai (孝子角排) - Tai Po
  • Hei Ling Chau (喜靈洲) - Islands
  • (蜆排) - Tai Po
  • (殼仔排) - Sai Kung
  • Hong Kong Island (香港島)
  • (紅排) - North
  • (雞洲) - Sai Kung
  • Kat O (吉澳, Crooked Island) - North
  • Kau Pei Chau (狗脾洲) - Southern
  • Kau Sai Chau (滘西洲) - Sai Kung
  • Kau Yi Chau (交椅洲) - Islands
  • (橋頭) - Sai Kung
  • Kiu Tsui Chau (橋咀洲, Sharp Island) - Sai Kung
  • (高排) - North
  • (角大排) - North
  • (光頭排) - Sai Kung
  • Kowloon Rock (九龍石) - Kowloon City
  • Kung Chau (弓洲) - Tai Po
  • Kwun Cham Wan (罐杉環) - Sai Kung
  • (觀仔) - Sai Kung
  • (癩痢仔) - Sai Kung
  • Lamma Island (南丫島) - Islands
  • (爛樹排) - North
  • (爛頭排) - Sai Kung
  • Lantau Island (大嶼山) - Islands
  • (垃圾洲) - Sai Kung
  • Little Green Island (小青洲) - Central & Western
  • (羅洲) - Southern
  • (鷀鸕排) - North
  • (鷀鸕排) - Sai Kung
  • (老虎吊排) - Sai Kung
  • (老鼠排) - Eastern
  • Loaf Rock (饅頭排) - Islands
  • (鹿洲), formerly George I.[2] - Islands
  • Lung Kwu Chau (龍鼓洲) - Tuen Mun
  • (龍山排) - Southern
  • (龍船排) - Sai Kung
  • (甩洲) - Yuen Long
  • Ma Shi Chau (馬屎洲) - Tai Po
  • (孖仔排) - Sai Kung
  • Ma Wan (馬灣) - Tsuen Wan
  • (媽印排) - Tai Po
  • Magazine Island (火藥洲, Fo Yeuk Chau) - Southern
  • (尾排) - Islands
  • Middle Island (熨波洲) - Southern
  • (芒洲仔) - Sai Kung
  • Moon Island (磨洲, Mo Chau) - Tai Po
  • (木魚洲) - Sai Kung
  • Nam Fung Chau (南風洲) - Sai Kung
  • (五分洲) - Southern
  • (牙鷹洲) - Sai Kung Southeast to (青洲)
  • (牙鷹排) - Sai Kung
  • (岩口石) - Tsuen Wan
  • Ngan Chau (銀洲) - Islands
  • (牛屎砵) - Sai Kung
  • (牛頭排) - Sai Kung
  • Ngo Mei Chau (娥眉洲, Crescent Island) - North
  • Ninepin Group (果洲群島) - Sai Kung
    • (龍船排)
    • North Ninepin Island (北果洲)
    • (細洲尾)
    • (蕃莨洲)
    • (大洲)
    • (大洲尾)
    • (短洲仔)
  • Pak Chau (白洲, Tree Island) - Tuen Mun
  • (筆架洲) - North
  • (白馬咀排) - Sai Kung
  • (白排) - Sai Kung
  • Pak Sha Chau (白沙洲, Round Island) - North
  • Pak Sha Chau (白沙洲, White Sand Island) - Sai Kung
  • (筆架洲) - North
  • Peaked Hill (雞翼角) - Islands
  • Peng Chau (坪洲) - Islands
  • Pearl Island (龍珠島) - Tuen Mun
  • (扁洲) - Sai Kung
  • Ping Chau (平洲) - Tai Po
  • (平面洲) - Sai Kung
  • (破邊洲) - Sai Kung
  • Po Toi Islands (蒲苔群島) - Islands
    • (螺洲白排)
    • (螺洲, Beaufort Island)
    • (墨洲), an islet off Po Toi island
    • (墨洲排), an islet off Mat Chau
    • Po Toi Island (蒲苔島)
    • (細排)
    • (散排)
    • (宋崗)
    • (大排)
    • Waglan Island (橫瀾島)
  • (蒲魚排) - Sai Kung
  • (半山石) - Tsuen Wan
  • Pyramid Rock (尖柱石) - Sai Kung
  • Round Island (銀洲) - Southern
  • (細鴨洲) - North
  • (三排) - Sai Kung
  • Sam Pui Chau (三杯酒) - Tai Po
  • Sha Chau (沙洲) - Tuen Mun
  • (沙排) - North
  • (沙排) - Tai Po
  • (沙塘口山, Bluff Island) - Sai Kung
  • (深水排) - Islands
  • (筲箕排) - North
  • Shek Chau (石洲) - Sai Kung
  • Shek Kwu Chau (石鼓洲) - Islands
  • Shek Ngau Chau (石牛洲) - Tai Po
  • Shelter Island (牛尾洲) - Sai Kung
  • (雙排) - North
  • Shui Cham Tsui Pai (水浸咀排) - North
  • (水排) - Islands
  • (小交椅洲) - Islands
  • (小稔洲) - North
  • (小鏟洲) - Sai Kung
  • Soko Islands (索罟群島) - Islands
  • Steep Island (青洲, Ching Chau) - Sai Kung
  • Sunshine Island (周公島) - Islands
  • (打蠔排) - North
  • (大洲) - Sai Kung
  • Tai Lei (大利) - Islands
  • (大稔洲) - North
  • Tai O (大澳) - Islands
  • (大排) - Sai Kung
  • Tai Tau Chau (Sai Kung District) (大頭洲) - Sai Kung
  • Tai Tau Chau (Southern District) (大頭洲) - Southern
  • (大鏟洲) - Sai Kung
  • (燈洲) - Tai Po
  • Tang Lung Chau (燈籠洲) - Tsuen Wan
  • Tap Mun Chau (塔門, Grass Island) - Tai Po
  • (頭洲) - Southern
  • The Brothers (磨刀洲) - Tuen Mun
    • Siu Mo To (小磨刀)
    • Tai Mo To (大磨刀)
    • (匙羹洲)
  • (鐵蔘洲) - Sai Kung
  • (鐵樹排) - Tai Po
  • Tiu Chung Chau (吊鐘洲, Jin Island) - Sai Kung
  • (吊鐘排) - Sai Kung
  • (塘口排) - Sai Kung
  • Town Island (伙頭墳洲) - Sai Kung
  • (大癩痢) - Sai Kung
  • - Sai Kung
    • (大洲)
    • (尖洲)
  • (青洲, Table Island) - North
  • Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) - Kwai Tsing
  • (咀排) - Islands
  • (斷頭洲) - Sai Kung
  • Tung Lung Chau (東龍洲) - Sai Kung
  • (棟心洲) - Sai Kung
  • (灣仔排) - Tai Po
  • (桅夾排) - Sai Kung
  • Wang Chau (橫洲) - Sai Kung
  • (橫排) - Sai Kung
  • (和尚洲) - Sai Kung
  • (黃茅洲) - Sai Kung
  • (黃泥洲仔) - Sai Kung
  • (黃泥洲) - North
  • (黃泥洲) - North
  • (黃泥洲) - Sai Kung
  • Wong Wan Chau (往灣洲, Double Island) - North
  • (往灣排) - Sai Kung
  • (黃宜洲) - Sai Kung
  • (烏洲) - North
  • Wu Chau (烏洲) - Tai Po
  • (烏排) - North
  • (湖洋洲排) - North
  • (烏蠅排) - Islands
  • (印洲) - North
  • (游龍角) - Sai Kung
  • (洋洲) - North
  • Yeung Chau (洋洲) - Tai Po
  • (羊洲), Sheep Island - Sai Kung
  • (二浪排) - Islands
  • (二排) - Sai Kung
  • Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔) - Tai Po
  • Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔, Little Salt Field) - Sai Kung
  • Yuen Kong Chau (圓崗洲) - Sai Kung

Former islands[]

Largest islands[]

The following is a list of the largest islands of the territories, sorted by area (km2):[1]

  1. Lantau Island 147.16
  2. Hong Kong Island 78.52
  3. Lamma Island 13.74
  4. Chek Lap Kok - the site of the airport platform, 12.70 km2
  5. Tsing Yi Island 10.69
  6. Kau Sai Chau 6.70
  7. Po Toi 3.69
  8. Cheung Chau 2.44
  9. Tung Lung Chau 2.42
  10. Crooked Island (Kat O) 2.35
  11. Wong Wan Chau (Double Island) 2.13
  12. Hei Ling Chau 1.93
  13. Tap Mun Chau (Grass Island) 1.69
  14. Ap Lei Chau 1.30
  15. Tai A Chau 1.20
  16. Tung Ping Chau 1.16
  17. Peng Chau 0.97
  18. Ma Wan 0.97

Leung 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.[3] 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[4] (other sources mention 2.8 km2).[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Lands Department (January 2017), Hong Kong Geographic Data (PDF), retrieved 2017-05-31
  2. ^ "Hong-Kong", Encyclopaedia Britannica, XII (9th ed.), 1881, p. 141.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Antiquities and Monuments Office: Chek Lap Kok Island and its history". Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2011-08-08.

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