Tai Mo Shan
Tai Mo Shan is the highest peak in Hong Kong, with an elevation of 957 metres above the Hong Kong Principal Datum, or around 956 metres above mean sea level.Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 957 metres
- Description: highest mountain of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Big Hat Mountain” and “Tam o shan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Miu Ko Toi and Sze Fong Shan.
Miu Ko Toi
Peak
Miu Ko Toi is a peak in Hong Kong. It is situated in New Territories and stands at a height of 779 metres above the sea level. It is one of the subpeaks of the tallest mountain Tai Mo Shan and the fifth highest summit in Hong Kong.
Sze Fong Shan
Peak
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sze Fong Shan, located in Tai Po District of the New Territories, is the fourth highest peak in Hong Kong. With a height of 784 m, it is northeast of Tai Mo Shan. The Eighth Stage of the MacLehose Trail passes near it.
Kwun Yam Shan
Peak
Photo: 山民主義, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kwun Yam Shan is a mountain located in northern Hong Kong and its peak is in the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, at the border of Tai Po District and Yuen Long District, branching north from the highest mountain in Hong Kong, namely Tai Mo Shan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chuen Lung Village and Sam Dip Tam.
Chuen Lung Village
Village
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chuen Lung is a place in Tai Mo Shan, Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong. The name comes from the local Hakka village Chuen Lung Village.
Ng Tung Chai
Quarter
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ng Tung Chai, also known as Wong Fung Chai, is a village in Lam Tsuen, Tai Po District, Hong Kong. It is the departure point of a trail leading to a group of waterfalls, on the northern slope of Tai Mo Shan.
Tai Mo Shan
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.41012° or 22° 24′ 36″ northLongitude
114.1246° or 114° 7′ 29″ eastElevation
957 metres (3,140 feet)Open location code
7PJPC46F+2ROpenStreetMap ID
node 1852935107OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Tai Mo Shan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تاي مو شان”
- Catalan: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Cebuano: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Chinese: “大帽山”
- Chinese: “大磨山”
- Chinese: “大霧山”
- Czech: “Ta-mao-šan
大帽山” - Czech: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Dutch: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تاى مو شان”
- Finnish: “Tai Mo Shan”
- French: “Tai Mo Shan”
- German: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Hakka Chinese: “Thai-mo-sân”
- Indonesian: “Gunung Tai Mo Shan”
- Indonesian: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Italian: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Japanese: “大帽山”
- Korean: “타이모산”
- Ladin: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Macedonian: “Тајмошан”
- Malay: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Norwegian: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Tai Mo Shan”
- Persian: “تای مو شان”
- Polish: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Slovak: “Ta-mao-šan”
- Slovak: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Spanish: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Swedish: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Tamil: “டை மோ சான் மலை”
- Turkish: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Venetian: “Tai Mo Shan”
- Vietnamese: “Đại Mạo Sơn”
- Western Panjabi: “تائی مو شان”
- Yue Chinese: “大帽山”
- Yue Chinese: “大磨山”
- Yue Chinese: “大霧山”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mut Che and Nam Fong To.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Radar Station at the hilltop of Tai Mo Shan and 山水泉.
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