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 |
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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 |
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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 , commander of China Station 1873–1876 |
Volcanoes[]
This list is incomplete; you can help by . (December 2012) |
- Tai Mo Shan
- High Island Supervolcano[5]
- , Lam Tsuen[6][7]
Removed hills[]
See also[]
- Geography of Hong Kong
- Mountain Search and Rescue Company
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.
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