Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark (Chinese: 香港聯合國教科文組織世界地質公園), formerly Hong Kong National Geopark (香港國家地質公園), was inaugurated on 3 November 2009. It is...
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UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) are geoparks certified by the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council as meeting all the requirements for belonging to the Global...
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Sai Kung District (redirect from Sai Kung District, Hong Kong)
east of Kowloon. Areas in the district include Sai Kung Town, Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, Tseung Kwan O and over 70 islands of different sizes. The...
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In this List of UNESCO Global Geoparks in Asia, the term "Asia" means the UNESCO regional network of "Asia Pacifica", which is not a distinction of continents...
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issue of banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar is governed in the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA),...
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dinosaur fossils in Hong Kong after bones embedded in a Cretaceous-era rock in Port Island in the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark are recovered. 14 November:...
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Kat O (redirect from Crooked Island, Hong Kong)
Time Out Hong Kong: "Secret Hong Kong islands", 29 Apr 2014 Hong Kong Geopark: Kat O Geoheritage Centre Choi, C.C. (1990). "Studies on Hong Kong Jiao Festivals"...
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The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is the monetary authority of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong dollar. Three commercial banks are licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary...
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Tung Ping Chau (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
Tung Ping Chau (Chinese: 東平洲) is an island in Hong Kong, part of Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark. It is also known as Ping Chau (平洲). Tung (東, meaning...
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Road. Historic churches of Sai Kung Hong Kong National Geopark Schofield, Walter (1983). "The Islands Around Hong Kong (notes for a talk given in 1937)"...
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Basalt Island (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
Island, it forms the Ung Kong (甕缸; Ung3 Gong1) Group and is part of Hong Kong Global Geopark. Basalt Island is located south of Town Island and Wang Chau, east...
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Ninepin Group (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
a boat in order to reach the Ninepin Group. Islands portal Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark "Country Parks & Special Areas". Agriculture, Fisheries and...
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Sharp Island (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
ferry from Sai Kung Town. Islands portal Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong "Kiu Tsui". www.afcd.gov.hk. Retrieved...
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Chau (Chinese: 往灣洲) is an island located in the north-eastern part of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of North District. Double Island has an...
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and peninsulas of Hong Kong Outlying Islands List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hong Kong Hong Kong National Geopark "Country Parks & Special...
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Department (AFCD) in Hong Kong leased a 12-meter HAWC (Hydrofoil Assisted Water Craft), a catamaran, to patrol the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark in the Sai Kung...
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and islands nearby. These areas are listed as part of the UNESCO Global Geopark of Hong Kong. In the early Cretaceous period (about 140 million years ago)...
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Double Haven (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
Double Haven. Hong Kong Global Geopark Plover Cove (Extension) Country Park Crooked Harbour "Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark". www.geopark.gov.hk. Retrieved...
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MacLehose Trail (category CS1 Chinese (Hong Kong)-language sources (zh-hk))
Retrieved 25 May 2021. "Best Routes of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark". Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021...
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High Island Reservoir (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
Reservoirs of Hong Kong Lan Nai Wan Man Yee Wan New Village High Island Detention Centre Sai Kung East Country Park Hong Kong National Geopark Mody, Ashoka...
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Wong Chuk Kok Tsui (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
part of Plover Cove Country Park and the Hong Kong National Geopark. It holds some of the oldest rocks in Hong Kong. Office, United States Naval Oceanographic...
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Ma Shi Chau (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
Sidney Lau: Ma5Si2Jau1, literally "Horse Dung Island") is an island of Hong Kong, under the administration of Tai Po District. It is located in Tolo Harbour...
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Pacific Geoparks Network (APGN) is the regional geopark network of the Global Geoparks Network (GGN) and the UNESCO International Geosciences and Geoparks Programme...
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Chek Chau (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
interest. Islands portal Hong Kong National Geopark List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong "Dinosaur fossils - Hong Kong's first discovery of at least...
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Wang Chau (Sai Kung District) (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
Island, it forms the Ung Kong Group (甕缸群島) and is part of Hong Kong Global Geopark. The Ung Kong Group Special Area (甕缸群島特別地區) covers 176.8 hectares and...
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Lai Chi Chong (category Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark)
geological interest. The Lai Chi Chong Formation is part of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark, that was inaugurated in 2009. Lai Chi Chong is served by a...
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of Hong Kong series (2006) and the "Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark" series (2014). China Philatelic Society of London China Stamp Society Hong Kong Philatelic...
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Centre Island or A Chau (Chinese: 丫洲) is a small uninhabited island of Hong Kong located in Tolo Harbour, in the northeastern part of the territory. Administratively...
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Lai Chi Wo (category Villages in North District, Hong Kong)
are Grade III historic buildings. Lai Chi Wo is part of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark. The Lai Chi Wo Special Area was designated as a Special Area...
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Ngo Mei Chau (redirect from Crescent Island, Hong Kong)
Crescent Island or Ngo Mei Chau (Chinese: 娥眉洲) is an island of Hong Kong, located southeast of Crooked Island (Kat O) and northeast of Double Island (Wong...
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