List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong

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

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[]

Rank Name Height (m) Country park Location Notes
1 Tai Mo Shan 957 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories MacLehose Trail Section 8
2 Lantau Peak
(Fung Wong Shan)
934 Lantau South Country Park Central Lantau Island Highest publicly accessible summit. Lantau Trail Section 3
3 Sunset Peak
(Tai Tung Shan)
869 Lantau South Country Park Southern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
4 Sze Fong Shan 785 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories MacLehose Trail Section 8
5 Wo Yeung Shan 771 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
6 Lin Fa Shan 766 Lantau North Country Park Central Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
7 Miu Ko Toi 765 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories Second highest peak on Tai Mo Shan[1]
8 Nei Lak Shan 754 Lantau North Country Park Southern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 3
9 Yi Tung Shan 749 Lantau North Country Park Eastern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
10= Wo Tong Kong 702 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories [2]
10= Ma On Shan 702 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
12 The Hunch Backs
(Ngau Ngak Shan)
677 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
13 679 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
14 Grassy Hill 647 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
15 Wong Leng 639 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories
16 Buffalo Hill 606 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
17 West Buffalo Hill 604 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
18 Kowloon Peak
(Fei Ngo Shan)
602 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern Kowloon
19 Shun Yeung Fung 591 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
20 588 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
21= Cheung Shan 585 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern Kowloon Also known as Middle Hill
21= Lo Tin Teng 585 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
23 Castle Peak 583 None Western New Territories west of Tuen Mun Also known as Ching Shan or Pui To Shan
24 Lin Fa Shan 579 Tai Lam Country Park Tsuen Wan District
25 Tate's Cairn 577 Ma On Shan Country Park Northeastern Kowloon Also known as Tai Lo Shan.
26 Kai Kung Leng (Tai Lo Tin) 572 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
27 Tai To Yan 566 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
28 [3] 560 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
29= Victoria Peak 552 Pok Fu Lam Country Park Hong Kong Island Named for British monarch Queen Victoria; also known as Mount Austin (named for former Colonial Secretary John Gardiner Austin), and locally as The Peak. The Peak was once a volcano.
29= Kwun Yam Shan 552 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
31 Lai Pek Shan 550 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories
32 Tiu Shau Ngam 548 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
33 Tung Shan 544 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern Kowloon
34 Chung Li Fung 543 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
35 540 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
36 Kau Nga Ling 539 Lantau South Country Park Southern Lantau Island
37 Pyramid Hill 536 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories Also known as Tai Kam Chung.
38 Tung Yeung Shan 533 Ma On Shan Country Park Northeastern Kowloon
39= Needle Hill 532 Shing Mun Country Park Central New Territories Also known as Cham Shan.
39= Mount Parker 532 Tai Tam Country Park Hong Kong Island
41= Kao Lao Fung 530 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
41= Kuai Li Fung 530 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
43 Pok To Yan 529 Lantau South Country Park Southern Lantau Island
44= Fu Yung Pit 514 Ma On Shan Country Park Northeastern Kowloon
44= Hsien Ku Fung 514 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
46= Sheung Tsz Fung 510 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
46= Tsao Kau Fung 510 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
48 Kau Keng Shan 507 Tai Lam Country Park Western New Territories
49 Mount Kellett 501 Aberdeen Country Park Hong Kong Island named after British naval officer and explorer Henry Kellett
50 Lion Rock 495 Lion Rock Country Park Northern Kowloon
51 High West 494 Pok Fu Lam Country Park Hong Kong Island
52 494 Lantau South Country Park Southern Lantau Island
53 Robin's Nest 492 Northern New Territories Also known as Hung Fa Leng ('Red Flower Ridge').
54 Ling Wui Shan 490 Lantau South Country Park Lantau Island
55= Choi Wo Fung 489 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
55= Hung Fa Chai 489 Northeastern New Territories Also known on old Admiralty charts as Ben Nevis.
57 Temple Hill 488 None Northeastern Kowloon Also known as Tsz Wan Shan.
58 486 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories
59 Por Kai Shan 482 Lantau North Country Park southeast of Tung Chung and facing Urmston Road
60 Shek Uk Shan 481 Sai Kung West Country Park Sai Kung, New Territories
61 Pak Tai To Yan 480 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
62= 479 Lantau North Country Park on Lantau Island north side of Shek Pik Reservoir
62= Mount Gough 479 Hong Kong Island east of Victoria Peak and north of Aberdeen Country Park Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, British Commander-in-Chief, China and Commander-in-Chief, India
64 473 Tai Lam Country Park near Ting Kau and south of Hoi Pui Reservoir
65 Sharp Peak
(Nam She Tsim)
468 Sai Kung East Country Park
66 466 Lantau South Country Park
67 Lo Fu Tau 465 Lantau North Country Park
68 461 Tai Lam Country Park near Ting Kau
69 Keung Shan 459 Lantau South Country Park north of
70 Beacon Hill 457 Lion Rock Country Park
71 451 Sai Kung West Country Park
72 Cheung Shan 449 on Lantau Island
73 443 on Lantau Island
74 Cloudy Hill
(Kau Lung Hang Shan)
440 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Central New Territories, north of Hong Lok Yuen and Tai Po Industrial Estate
75 Mount Cameron 439 Aberdeen Country Park likely named for Major General William Gordon Cameron, British Army officer and former Administrator of Hong Kong
76 Unicorn Ridge 437 Lion Rock Country Park line of mountains dividing Sha Tin from Kowloon
77 Mount Butler 436 Tai Tam Country Park on Hong Kong Island
78 Kwun Yam Shan 434 on Lantau Island
79 Violet Hill
(Tsz Lo Lan Shan)
433 on Hong Kong Island
80 Jardine's Lookout 433 on Hong Kong Island named for British hong William Jardine (Jardine Matheson)
81 Razor Hill
(Che Kwu Shan)
432 near Pik Uk, Ta Ku Ling, Tseung Kwan O, and Tai Po Tsai
82 Mount Nicholson 430 on Hong Kong Island
83 430 on Lantau Island
84 Middle Kau Nga Ling 428 on Lantau Island
85 Siu Ma Shan 424 on Hong Kong Island
86 422 Sai Kung West Country Park
87 Tiu Tang Lung 416 Plover Cove Country Park
88 411 Ma On Shan Country Park north of Ngau Chi Wan
89 408 Sai Kung East Country Park north of High Island Reservoir
90 407 near the Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve
91= Tai Sheung Tok 399[4] Ma On Shan Country Park near Ngau Chi Wan
91= Kai Kung Shan 399 Sai Kung West Country Park
91= Kau To Shan
(Cove Hill)
399 east of Shing Mun Country Park and south of Tai Po Kau in Sha Tin
91= Nui Po Shan
(Turret Hill)
399 Ma On Shan Country Park near Sha Tin
95 395 Ma On Shan Country Park
96 394m
97 Wa Mei Shan 391 Sai Kung West Country Park
98 The Twins South 386 on Hong Kong Island
99 379 Sai Kung West Country Park
100 378 on Lantau Island
101 Yuen Tau Shan 375 near Tuen Mun
102 374 on Lantau Island
103 Kai Kung Shan 374 Lam Tsuen Country Park
104
(Tam Chai Shan)
372 Sai Kung West Country Park
105 Tai Mun Shan 370 near Big Wave Bay (aka. Tai Long Wan near on the Sai Kung Peninsula)
106 Golden Hill
(Kam Shan)
369 Kam Shan Country Park
107 369 Plover Cove Country Park
108 366 Sai Kung East Country Park northwest corner of High Island Reservoir
109 The Twins North 363 on Hong Kong Island
110
(Lung Shan)
360 near Pat Sin Leng Country Park and near
111 Mount Stenhouse
(Shan Tel Tong)
353 on Lamma Island likely named for Edinburgh suburb Stenhouse Village
112 348 on Hong Kong Island Colonel Thomas Bernard Collinson, a Royal Engineers surveyor in Hong Kong (1821–1902)
113
(Tsim Fung Shan)
346 Ma On Shan Country Park
114= High Junk Peak
(Tiu Yue Yung)
344 Clear Water Bay Country Park
114= 344 on Hong Kong Island
116 339 on Lantau Island
117 338 on Lantau Island
118 Smuggler's Ridge 337 Kam Shan Country Park part of Gin Drinker's Line
119 Tsing Yi Peak
(Sam Chi Heung)
334 on Tsing Yi Island
120 D'Aguilar Peak
(Hok Tsui Shan)
325 Shek O Country Park Shek O British Army Major-General George Charles D'Aguilar, Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong
121 324 on Lantau Island
122 322 on Lantau Island
123 317 Sai Kung West Country Park
124 Sai Wan Shan 314 Sai Kung East Country Park facing High Island Reservoir
125= Pottinger Peak 312 on Hong Kong Island Sir Henry Pottinger, first British Governor of Hong Kong (Chief of British Forces in Hong Kong) and East India Company Colonel
125= 312 Ma On Shan Country Park south of and north east of Ngau Tau Kok
127 Eagle's Nest
(Tsim Shan)
305 near Kam Shan Country Park
128 Black Hill 304 located between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng facing Junk Bay; named for former administrator Major General Wilsone Black, British Army officer
129 Lo Yan Shan 303 on Lantau Island
130= 302 on Lantau Island
130= 302 on Lantau Island

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
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 , commander of China Station 1873–1876

Volcanoes[]

Removed hills[]

See also[]

  • Geography of Hong Kong
  • Mountain Search and Rescue Company

References[]

  1. ^ 落探員. 妙高台 [Miu Ko Toi] (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  2. ^ 落探員. 禾塘崗 [Wo Tong Kong] (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  3. ^ "GeoInfo Map.Map of Hong Kong provided by HKSARG". www.map.gov.hk. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ Ovalles, César; Rechsteiner, Carl E. Jr. (eds.). Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications. CRC Press. p. 752. ISBN 9781482230864.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) [www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtoOdZ-Pr0]
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