Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong

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Hong Kong consists of a mainland area and 236 islands. There are several peninsulas on the mainland area and on the islands.

Most notably, the Hong Kong Island is historically the political and commercial centre of Hong Kong. It was the site of the initial Victoria City colonial settlement, where the financial district of Central is now located. Most of the other islands are commonly referred to as Outlying Islands.

Kowloon Peninsula, opposite to Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour 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.

Contents

1 Peninsulas

1.1 Mainland
1.2 Hong Kong Island
1.3 Lantau Island
1.4 Former peninsulas

2 Islands
3 Former islands
4 Largest islands
5 See also
6 External links

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, covers only two and a half of the area of the five districts.
Stanley - Southern
Sai Kung Peninsula - Sai Kung District, Tai Po District and Sha Tin District
Clear Water Bay Peninsula - Sai Kung District
Wan Tsai on Sai Kung Peninsula

Hong Kong Island

Cape D'Aguilar - Southern District
Shek O - Southern District

Lantau Island

Chi Ma Wan Peninsula - Islands District

Former peninsulas

Tai Kok Tsui - Yau Tsim Mong District, can hardly be identified on maps now, due to land reclamation.

Islands

Partial list of islands (excluding the Hong Kong Island itself) - 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) - Sai Kung
Breaker Reef - Tai Po
Bun Bei Chau (崩鼻洲) - Sai Kung
Bun Sha Pai (崩紗排) - Tai Po
Cha Kwo Chau (茶果洲) - Islands
Cha Yue Pai (炸魚排) - Sai Kung
Cham Pai (杉排) - Tai Po
Cham Pai (沉排) - Sai Kung
Cham Tau Chau (枕頭洲) - Sai Kung
Chap Mo Chau (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
Cheung Shek Tsui (長石咀) - North
Cheung Sok (長索) - Tsuen Wan
Cheung Tsui CHau (長咀洲) - Sai Kung
Ching Chau (青洲) - Sai Kung
Conic Island (飯甑洲) - Sai Kung
Douglas Rock (德己利士礁) - Islands
Flat Island (銀洲) - Tai Po
Fo Shek Chau (火石洲, Basalt Island) - Sai Kung
Fo Siu Pai (火燒排) - Sai Kung
Fu Wong Chau (虎王洲) - North
Fun Chau (墳洲) - North
Green Island (青洲) - Central & Western
Ha So Pai (蝦鬚排) - Islands
Hau Tsz Kok Pai (孝子角排) - Tai Po
Hei Ling Chau (喜靈洲) - Islands
Hin Pai (蜆排) - Tai Po
Hok Tsai Pai (殼仔排) - Sai Kung
Hung Pai (紅排) - North
Kai Chau (雞洲) - Sai Kung
Kat O Chau (吉澳洲, 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
Kiu Tau (橋頭) - Sai Kung
Kiu Tsui Chau (橋咀洲, Sharp Island) - Sai Kung
Ko Pai (高排) - North
Kok Tai Pai (角大排) - North
Kowloon Rock (九龍石) - Kowloon City
Kung Chau (弓洲) - Tai Po
Kwun Cham Wan (罐杉環) - Sai Kung
Kwun Tsai (觀仔) - Sai Kung
Lak Lei Tsai (癩痢仔) - Sai Kung
Lamma Island (南丫島) - Islands
Lan Shuen Pei (爛樹排) - North
Lan Tau Pai (爛頭排) - Sai Kung
Lantau Island (大嶼山) - Islands
Lap Sap Chau (垃圾洲) - Sai Kung
Leung Shuen Wan (糧船灣洲, High Island) - Sai Kung
Little Green Island (小青洲) - Central & Western
Lo Chau (羅洲) - Southern
Lo Chi Pai (鷀鸕排) - North
Lo Chi Pai (鷀鸕排) - Sai Kung
Lo Fu Tiu Pai (老虎吊排) - Sai Kung
Lo Shue Pai (老鼠排) - Eastern
Loaf Rock (饅頭排) - Islands
Luk Chau (鹿洲) - Islands
Lung Kwu Chau (龍鼓洲) - Tuen Mun
Lung Shan Pai (龍山排) - Southern
Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排) - Sai Kung
Lut Chau (甩洲) - Yuen Long
Ma Shi Chau (馬屎洲) - Tai Po
Ma Tsai Pai (孖仔排) - Sai Kung
Ma Wan (馬灣) - Tsuen Wan
Ma Yan Pai (媽印排) - Tai Po
Magazine Island (火藥洲) - Southern
Mei Pai (尾排) - Islands
Middle Island (熨波洲) - Southern
Mo Chau (磨洲) - Tai Po
Mong Chau Tsai (芒洲仔) - Sai Kung
Muk Yue Chau (木魚洲) - Sai Kung
Nam Fung Chau (南風洲) - Sai Kung
Ng Fan Chau (五分洲) - Southern
Nga Ying Pai (牙鷹排) - Sai Kung
Ngam Hau Shek (岩口石) - Tsuen Wan
Ngan Chau (銀洲) - Islands
Ngau Sh Pui (牛屎砵) - Sai Kung
Ngau Tau Pai (牛頭排) - Sai Kung
Ngo Mei Chau (娥眉洲, Crescent Island) - North
Ninepin Group (果洲群島) - Sai Kung
* Kong Tau Pai (光頭排)
* Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排)
* North Ninepin Island (北果洲)
* Sai Chau Mei (細洲尾)
* Shue Long Chau (蕃莨洲)
* Tai Chau (大洲)
* Tai Chau Mei (大洲尾)
* Tuen Chau Chai (短洲仔)
Pak Chau (白洲) - Tuen Mun
Pak Ka Chau (筆架洲) - North
Pak Ma Tsui Pai (白馬咀排) - Sai Kung
Pak Pai (白排) - Sai Kung
Pak Sha Chau (白沙洲, Round Island) - North
Pak Sha Chau (白沙洲, White Sand Island) - Sai Kung
Pat Ka Chau (筆架洲) - North
Peaked Hill (雞翼角) - Islands
Pearl Island (龍珠島) - Tuen Mun
Peng Chau (坪洲) - Islands
Pin Chau (扁洲) - Sai Kung
Ping Chau (平洲) - Tai Po
Ping Min Chau (平面洲) - Sai Kung
Po Pin Chau (破邊洲) - Sai Kung
Po Toi Islands (蒲苔群島) - Islands
* Castle Rock (螺洲白排)
* Lo Chau (螺洲, Beaufort Island)
* Mat Chau (墨洲)
* Mat Chau Pai (墨洲排)
* Po Toi Island (蒲苔島)
* Sai Pai (細排)
* San Pai (散排)
* Sung Kong (宋崗)
* Tai Pai (大排)
* Waglan Island (橫瀾島)
Po Yue Pai (蒲魚排) - Sai Kung
Pun Shan Shek (半山石) - Tsuen Wan
Pyramid Rock (尖柱石) - Sai Kung
Round Island (銀洲) - Southern
Sai Ap Chau (細鴨洲) - North
Sam Pai (三排) - Sai Kung
Sam Pui Chau (三杯酒) - Tai Po
Sha Chau (沙洲) - Tuen Mun
Sha Pai (沙排) - North
Sha Pai (沙排) - Tai Po
Sha Tong Hau (沙塘口山, Bluff Island) - Sai Kung
Sham Shui Pai (深水排) - Islands
Shau Kei Pai (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
Sheung Pai (雙排) - North
Shui Cham Tsui Pai (水浸咀排) - North
Shui Pai (水排) - Islands
Siu Kau Yi Chau (小交椅洲) - Islands
Siu Nim Chau (小稔洲) - North
Siu Tsan Chau (小鏟洲) - Sai Kung
Soko Islands (索罟群島) - Islands
* Cheung Muk Tau (樟木頭)
* Ko Pai (高排)
* Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排)
* Ma Chau (孖洲)
* Shek Chau (石洲)
* Siu A Chau (小鴉洲)
* Tai A Chau (大鴉洲)
* Tau Lo Chau (頭顱洲)
* Wan Hau Chau (灣口洲)
* Yuen Chau (圓洲)
* Yuen Kong Chau (圓崗洲)
Steep Island (青洲) - Sai Kung
Sunshine Island (周公島) - Islands
Ta Ho Pai (打蠔排) - North
Tai Chau (大洲) - Sai Kung
Tai Lei (大利) - Islands
Tai Nim Chau (大稔洲) - North
Tai O (大澳) - Islands
Tai Pai (大排) - Sai Kung
Tai Tau Chau (大頭洲) - Sai Kung
Tai Tau Chau (大頭洲) - Southern
Tai Tsan Chau (大鏟洲) - Sai Kung
Tang Chau (燈洲) - Tai Po
Tang Lung Chau (燈籠洲) - Tsuen Wan
Tap Mun Chau (塔門 Grass Island) - Tai Po
Tau Chau (頭洲) - Southern
The Brothers (磨刀洲) - Tuen Mun
* Siu Mo To (小磨刀)
* Tai Mo To (大磨刀)
* Tsz Kan Chau (匙羹洲)
Tit Cham Chau (鐵蔘洲) - Sai Kung
Tit Shue Pai (鐵樹排) - Tai Po
Tiu Chung Chau (吊鐘洲, Jin Island) - Sai Kung
Tiu Chung Pai (吊鐘排) - Sai Kung
Tong Hau Pai (塘口排) - Sai Kung
Town Island (伙頭墳洲) - Sai Kung
Trio Island (大癩痢) - Sai Kung
Tsim Chau Group - Sai Kung
* Tai Chau (大洲)
* Tsim Chau (尖洲)
Tsing Chau (青洲) - North
Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) - Kwai Tsing
Tsui Pai (咀排) - Islands
Tuen Tau Chau (斷頭洲) - Sai Kung
Tung Lung Chau (東龍洲) - Sai Kung
Tung Sam Chau (棟心洲) - Sai Kung
Wai Chau Pai (灣仔排) - Tai Po
Wai Kap Pai (桅夾排) - Sai Kung
Wang Chau (橫洲) - Sai Kung
Wang Pai (橫排) - Sai Kung
Wo Sheung Chau (和尚洲) - Sai Kung
Wong Mau Chau (黃茅洲) - Sai Kung
Wong Nai Chau Tsai (黃泥洲仔) - Sai Kung
Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲) - North
Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲) - North
Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲) - Sai Kung
Wong Wan Chau (往灣洲, Double Island) - North
Wong Wan Pai (往灣排) - Sai Kung
Wong Yi Chai (黃宜洲) - Sai Kung
Wu Chau (烏洲) - North
Wu Chau (烏洲) - Tai Po
Wu Pai (烏排) - North
Wu Yeung Chau Pai (湖洋洲排) - North
Wu Ying Pai (烏蠅排) - Islands
Yan Chau (印洲) - North
Yau Lung Kok (游龍角) - Sai Kung
Yeung Chau (洋洲) - North
Yeung Chau (洋洲) - Tai Po
Yeung Chau (洋洲, Sheep Island) - Sai Kung
Yeung Chau (羊洲) - Sai Kung
Yi Long Pai (二浪排) - Islands
Yi Pai (二排) - Sai Kung
Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔, Little Salt Field) - Sai Kung
Yuen Kong Chau (圓崗洲) - Sai Kung

Former islands

Channel Rock - Kowloon City - now part of the Kai Tak former airport runway
Fat Tong Chau (佛堂洲, Junk Island) - now part of Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung as a result of land reclamation
Hoi Sham Island - Kowloon City (also To Kwa Wan Island) - now part of To Kwa Wan as a result of reclamation
Kellett Island - now part of Causeway Bay as a result of gradual land reclamation, Eastern
Lam Chau - Islands - now assimilated with Chek Lap Kok into the airport platform and connected to Lantau by two bridges
Nga Ying Chau - now northeast corner of the Tsing Yi Island as a result of land reclamation
Stonecutter's Island - a former island, now part of the Kowloon peninsula, following land reclamation
Tsing Chau, or Pillar Island - absorbed into reclaimed land of Gin Drinkers Bay or Lap Sap Wan. It is the Kwai Chung end of Tsing Yi Bridge.
Mong Chau - an island off the hill of Lai King, buried under the Terminal 2 of the Container Terminal.
Chau Tsai - absorbed by reclaimed land of Tsing Yi Island, near CRC Oil Depot of Nam Wan Kok
Rumsey Rock - Now part of shore of between Tsim Sha Tsui East and Hung Hom.
Yuen Chau Tsai (元洲仔, Island House)

Largest islands

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

Lantau Island 146.38
Hong Kong Island 80.4
Lamma Island 13.55
Chek Lap Kok - the site of the airport platform, 12.70 km²
Tsing Yi Island 10.25
Kau Sai Chau 6.69
Po Toi 3.69
Cheung Chau 2.45
Tung Lung Chau 2.42
Crooked Island (Kat O) 2.35
Wong Wan Chau (Double Island) 2.13
Hei Ling Chau 1.93
Tap Mun Chau (Grass Island) 1.69
Ap Lei Chau 1.30
Tai A Chau 1.19
Ping Chau 1.16
Peng Chau 0.98
Ma Wan 0.96

External links

Major islands in Hong Kong

Major peninsulas in Hong Kong

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