The Brothers
The Brothers or Mo To Chau consist of two islands in Hong Kong, Siu Mo To and Tai Mo To. The two islands have been leveled to avoid affecting aviation of the nearby Hong Kong International Airport.Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: pair of islands in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Mo To Chau”, “The Brothers (islands), Hong Kong”, and “The Brothers, Hong Kong”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Brother and West Brother.
Tai Ho Wan
Lake
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Tai Ho Wan or Tai Ho Bay is a bay on the north shore of Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located west of Siu Ho Wan, and northeast of Tung Chung and Kei Tau Kok. Tai Ho Wan is situated 3½ km south of The Brothers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siu Ho Wan and Ta Pang Po.
Siu Ho Wan
Suburb
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Siu Ho Wan is a bay on the north shore of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The bay has been largely reclaimed for bus depots. The Airport Express, Tung Chung line of the MTR and the North Lantau Highway run across the reclamation of the bay. Siu Ho Wan is situated 3 km southeast of The Brothers.
Ta Pang Po
Locality
Ta Pang Po is a village located on the Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula of Lantau Island, in the Tsuen Wan District of Hong Kong. Ta Pang Po is situated 4 km east of The Brothers.
Pak Mong
Hamlet
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Pak Mong is a village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, located near Tai Ho Wan, a bay on the northern shore of Lantau Island, and northeast of Tung Chung. Pak Mong is situated 4 km south of The Brothers.
The Brothers
- Category: landform
- Location: Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“The Brothers” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mo To Chau”
- Chinese: “大小磨刀”
- Chinese: “大小磨刀洲”
- Chinese: “大細磨刀”
- Chinese: “磨刀島”
- Chinese: “磨刀洲”
- Dutch: “The Brothers”
- French: “The Brothers”
- German: “Mo To Chau”
- German: “Modao Zhou”
- German: “The Brothers”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Bersaudara, Hong Kong”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Bersaudara”
- Japanese: “大小磨刀”
- Spanish: “Islas Los Hermanos”
- Swedish: “Mo To Chau”
- Yue Chinese: “The Brothers”
- Yue Chinese: “大小磨刀洲”
- Yue Chinese: “大細磨刀”
- Yue Chinese: “大細磨刀洲”
- Yue Chinese: “磨刀洲”
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