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* [[Rumsey Rock]] - Now part of shore of between [[Tsim Sha Tsui East]] and [[Hung Hom]].
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*[[Yuen Chau Tsai]] (zh:元洲仔)
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==Largest islands==
==Largest islands==

Revision as of 22:59, 18 August 2007

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The Hong Kong SAR consists of a mainland area and 262 islands. There are several peninsulas on the mainland area and on the islands.

Most notably, 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.

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, Hong Kong 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 Road in 1860, covers only the area of two and a half of the five districts.
  • Sai Kung Peninsula
  • Clear Water Bay Peninsula
  • Wan Tsai

Hong Kong Island

Lantau Island

Former peninsulas

Islands

Partial list of islands (excluding the Hong Kong Island itself) - and the district they belong to:

Former islands

Largest islands

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

  1. Lantau Island 146.38
  2. Hong Kong Island 80.4
  3. Lamma Island 13.55
  4. Chek Lap Kok - the site of the airport platform, 12.70 km²
  5. Tsing Yi Island 10.25
  6. Kau Sai Chau 6.69
  7. Po Toi 3.69
  8. Cheung Chau 2.45
  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 1.19
  16. Ping Chau 1.16
  17. Peng Chau 0.98
  18. Ma Wan 0.96

See also

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