Castle Peak Bay
Castle Peak Bay is a bay outside Tuen Mun. Tuen Mun River empties into the bay. In the past, many Tanka fishermen harboured at the bay. In 1513, explorer Jorge Álvares arrived in the Pearl River Delta and started a Portuguese settlement, Tamão.Photo: Exploringlife, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Dbs110, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: place, bay outside Tuen Mun in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “P’ao-t’ai-feng Wan”, “Qingshan Wan”, “T’uan-men”, and “Tsing Shan Wan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tuen Mun Ferry Pier and Kadoorie Beach.
Tuen Mun Ferry Pier
Railway station
Photo: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Tuen Mun Ferry Pier is an MTR Light Rail terminus located at ground level inside Pierhead Garden, Tuen Mun Ferry Pier, Wu Chui Road in Tuen Mun, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.
Siu Hei
Railway station
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tuenmen and Tsing Shan Tsuen.
Tuenmen
Town
Photo: Eddie Yip, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the west of New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period.
Tsing Shan Tsuen
Village
Photo: 姒姓賢寧, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tsing Shan Tsuen is a village in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.
Castle Peak Bay
- Categories: human settlement and body of water
- Location: Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.36894° or 22° 22′ 8″ northLongitude
113.97619° or 113° 58′ 34″ eastElevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)Open location code
7PJM9X9G+HFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1154449190OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Castle Peak Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castle Peak Bay”
- Chinese: “屯門澳”
- Chinese: “屯門灣”
- Chinese: “青山湾”
- Chinese: “青山灣”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo-Pinta Golfo”
- Indonesian: “Teluk Castle Peak”
- Swedish: “Castle Peak Bay”
- Wu Chinese: “青山湾”
- Yue Chinese: “屯門澳”
- Yue Chinese: “屯門灣”
- Yue Chinese: “青山灣”
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Localities in the Area
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