Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula...
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districts itself. The term Outlying Islands tends to refer to the islands of the Islands District. The northeast point of Lantau and Ma Wan traditionally belong...
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Lantau Tomorrow Vision (Chinese: 明日大嶼願景), also known as the Kau Yi Chau Artificial Islands, is a postponed development project in Hong Kong proposed by...
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Tung Chung (redirect from Tung Chung, Lantau)
meaning "eastern stream", is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent new towns, it was formerly a rural...
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Lantau Peak or Fung Wong Shan (literally "Phoenix Mountain") is a mountain in Lantau South Country Park, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is the second highest...
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Ma Wan (redirect from Ma Wan Island)
Ma Wan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island, with an area of 0.97 square kilometres (240 acres). Administratively...
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Geography of Hong Kong (section Islands)
260 islands are dispersed around Hong Kong, the largest of which by area is Lantau Island, located southwest of the main peninsula. Lantau Island and...
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The Lantau Link, formerly known as the Lantau Fixed Crossing, is a roadway in Hong Kong forming part of Route 8 linking Lantau Island to Tsing Yi, from...
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Peninsula and 263 islands over 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft), the largest being Lantau Island and the second largest being Hong Kong Island. Ap Lei Chau is one...
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Beaches of Hong Kong (section Lantau Island)
Discovery Bay, East Lantau Island Tai Long Wan (大浪灣) Chi Ma Wan, South Lantau Island Yi Long Wan (二浪灣) Chi Ma Wan, South Lantau Island Sha Lo Wan (沙螺灣) West...
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Chek Lap Kok (category Artificial islands of Hong Kong)
or that the fish was once abundant in its vicinity. The island is located north of Lantau Island off Ma Wan Chung and Tung Chung. Before the building of...
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Ngong Ping 360 (redirect from Airport Island Angle Station)
Jyutping: ngong5 ping4 three sixty, Cantonese) is a bicable gondola lift on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Intended to improve tourism to the area, the aerial lift...
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Citybus (Hong Kong) (section Lantau Island/Airport)
network serves Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes (between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon/New Territories), North Lantau (Tung Chung and Hong Kong...
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Discovery Bay (DB) is a resort town on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It consists of mixed, primarily residential, development, in particular upmarket residential...
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2023[update]. It is the second largest island in Hong Kong, with the largest being Lantau Island. Hong Kong Island forms one of the three areas of Hong...
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Prisons in Hong Kong (section Lantau Island)
Detention Centre, Shek Pik, Lantau Island, New Territories (Young male offenders) Shek Pik Prison, Shek Pik, Lantau Island, New Territories (Adults serving...
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Disneyland) is a theme park located on reclaimed land in Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It was the second Disneyland in Asia to open, after Tokyo...
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Tai O (category Islands of Hong Kong)
Daaih’Ou) is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means large inlet...
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image of The Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The image of the Buddha , located near the Po Lin Monastery...
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New Lantao Bus (redirect from New Lantau Bus)
operates bus routes on Lantau Island. On 22 April 1960, Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) started operating a bus route along the South Lantau Road from Mui Wo to...
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Mui Wo (category Lantau Island)
Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The 2011 Census recorded 5,485 people living in Mui Wo and its environs. Mui...
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Hong Kong International Airport (category Artificial island airports)
Aviation and Public Works departments identified the small island of Chek Lap Kok, off Lantau Island, as a possible future airport replacement site. Far from...
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those wishing to use the Ngong Ping Cable Car and by bus to the rest of Lantau Island. As with all other MTR stations, Tung Chung has a unique colour scheme...
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Taxis of Hong Kong (redirect from Lantau Taxi)
from venturing into urban areas. A batch of 20 blue taxis that serve Lantau Island started operating in 1983. The taxi trade is regulated by the Government...
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public buses can be classified into Hong Kong Island routes, Kowloon and New Territories routes, Lantau Island (New Lantao Bus) routes, MTR Bus routes, cross-Harbour...
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Peng Chau (category Islands of Hong Kong)
Peng Chau is a small island located off the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is known locally for its temples, fishing industry and...
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The Lantau Trail (Chinese: 鳳凰徑), opened on 4 December 1984, is a long-distance footpath on Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The 70 kilometres...
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to the southwest of Lantau Island. An older name for this island group was "Sok Kwu Kwan To" (Fishing Net Islands). The islands are mainly composed of...
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Monastery is a Buddhist monastery, located on Ngong Ping Plateau, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting...
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Kong on reclaimed land beside Penny's Bay, at the northeastern tip of Lantau Island, approximately two kilometres (1.2 mi) from Discovery Bay. It is the...
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