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    Waglan Island is a member of the Po Toi group of islands in Hong Kong. Wagan Lighthouse, a declared monument dating to 1893 stands there. Since 1989 Wagan...
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    Po Toi island Mat Chau Pai (墨洲排), an islet off Mat Chau Po Toi (蒲台), 3.69 km2 Sai Pai (細排) San Pai (散排) Sung Kong (宋崗) Tai Pai (大排) Waglan Island (橫瀾島)...
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    Peng Chau Tai Lei Po Toi Islands Lo Chau (Beaufort Island) Mat Chau Po Toi Sung Kong Waglan Island Shek Kwu Chau Soko Islands Cheung Muk Tau Ma Chau Siu...
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  • signals using a cone were hoisted at nine outlying stations, including Waglan Island, Gap Rock, and Aberdeen, to inform passing ships that storm signals...
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    lighthouses are on Green Island while the other three are at Cape D'Aguilar, Waglan Island and Tang Lung Chau respectively. Waglan Lighthouse and Tang Lung...
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    (墨洲排), an islet off Mat Chau 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...
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  • Playground Tsim Bei Tsui, near police post Tung Ping Chau Waglan Island Wan Chai, next to the Hong Kong Island exit of the Cross-Harbour Tunnel West Kowloon, next...
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    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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    Lamma Island, also known as Y Island or Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest island in Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the...
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    the 1970s. The two lighthouses, along with Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse, Waglan Island Lighthouse and Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse (Kap Sing Lighthouse) are the...
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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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    Typhoon Mangkhut (category 2018 in the Northern Mariana Islands)
    strongest winds in Hong Kong near sea level were recorded at the remote Waglan Island, with ten-minute sustained winds of 180 km/h (110 mph) gusting up to...
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    rescued. Peak sustained winds of 90 km/h (56 mph) were recorded on Waglan Island as Typhoon Leo passed to the south of Hong Kong and the storm dropped...
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    5. Gusts at landfall just to the west of Macau reached 175 km/h in Waglan Island and 155 km/h in Hong Kong Observatory which were the strongest since...
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  • Island". Antiquities and Monuments Office. Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 10 March 2013. "Waglan Lighthouse...
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    Chek Lap Kok (category Artificial islands of Hong Kong)
    Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was...
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    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 was...
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    lit. 'Long Island') is an outlying island of Hong Kong, located 10 km (6.2 mi) southwest of Hong Kong Island. It is also called Dumbbell Island (Chinese:...
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    Soko Islands (Chinese: 索罟群島) are a group of islands in Hong Kong. The group consists of Tai A Chau, Siu A Chau and several smaller nearby islands, in the...
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    Beaufort Island, is the last large magma intrusion in Hong Kong. Megacrysts are commonly found. Islands portal Waglan Island Po Toi Island Wikimedia...
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    or Cheung Chau Da Jiu Festival is a traditional Chinese festival on the island of Cheung Chau in Hong Kong. Held annually, and with therefore the most...
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    Po Toi (redirect from Po Toi Island)
    is the main island of the Po Toi Islands and the southernmost island of Hong Kong, with an area of 3.69 km2. It is said that the island used to produce...
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  • Thumbnail for Po Lin Monastery
    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 from...
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  • Thumbnail for Typhoon Nina (1987)
    fell to 9.9 °C, and wind speed was recorded at 53 mph (85 km/h) at Waglan Island. An intense surge of winter monsoon affected the southern coast of China...
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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 Disneyland...
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    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 fishing...
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    Hei Ling Chau (category Islands of Hong Kong)
    Chau, is an island of Hong Kong, located east of Silver Mine Bay and Chi Ma Wan of Lantau Island. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District....
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  • She sunk in 1929 when grounded on northern rocks of Waglan Island south-east of Hong Kong Island, with a loss of between 300 and 400 lives. Hsin Wah was...
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  • Ma Chau (category Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong)
    Chau island (Chinese: 孖洲, not to be confused with Ma Shi Chau island), is an uninhabited outlying island of Hong Kong located in the Soko Islands group...
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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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