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Tai Tau Chau

Tai Tau Chau also known for its less popular name Urn Island, is an island in the water body Sham Tuk Mun, , Hong Kong. Inner Port Shelter and are in close proximity to the island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Datou Zhou” and “Urn Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Astropark and Sheung Yiu Folk Museum.

Museum
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is a museum.

Museum
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is housed in Sheung Yiu Village, a declared monument of Hong Kong, on Nature Trail, , . Sheung Yiu means "above the kiln" in Chinese.

Islet
is a small island in , . It is under the administration of . is located off the southwestern coast of the island Yim Tin Tsai. It has a maximum elevation of 38 m and an area of 0.06 km2.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wong Keng Tei and Tai Mong Tsai.

Hamlet
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , Sai Kung Peninsula, .

Suburb
is a village and an area in , .

Hamlet
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the area of , . is a Hakka village which was populated by inhabitants with the surname Tang, originally from Danshui of , who settled in probably between the 1750s and the 1840s.

Tai Tau Chau

Latitude
22.37131° or 22° 22′ 17″ north
Longitude
114.32507° or 114° 19′ 30″ east
Open location code
7PJP98CG+G2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 174902969
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1818639
Wiki­data ID
Q25263833
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Tai Tau Chau” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tai Tau Chau (pulo, lat 22,37, long 114,33)”
  • Cebuano: “Tai Tau Chau”
  • Chinese: “大头洲”
  • Chinese: “大頭洲”
  • Swedish: “Tai Tau Chau, Sai Kung”
  • Swedish: “Tai Tau Chau”
  • Yue Chinese: “大頭洲 (西貢區)”
  • Yue Chinese: “大頭洲”

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