San Tau
San Tau is a village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Underwaterbuffalo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Santou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tung Chung Battery and Scenic Hill.
Tung Chung Battery
Fort
Tung Chung Battery is a former artillery battery located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after the eponymous district it is situated in, it was built in 1817, twenty-four years before the British took possession of Hong Kong.
Scenic Hill
Peak
Photo: Mk2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Scenic Hill is a hill on Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong, and stands at a height of 77 metres above the sea level. Today, Scenic Hill is the tallest point on Chek Lap Kok Island, which houses Hong Kong International Airport.
Tung Chung Fort
Museum
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tung Chung Fort is a fort located near Tung Chung, on Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. Close to Tung Chung Road, the fort is surrounded by the villages of Sheung Ling Pei and Ha Ling Pei. It has a companion Tung Chung Battery on the coast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ngau Au and Ma Wan Chung.
Ma Wan Chung
Hamlet
Photo: Mk2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma Wan Chung is a village in Tung Chung on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is located on the southeastern coast of Tung Chung Bay.
San Tau
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.28822° or 22° 17′ 18″ northLongitude
113.92139° or 113° 55′ 17″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
7PJM7WQC+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 611676979OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“San Tau” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “散头”
- Chinese: “散頭”
- Chinese: “散頭海灘”
- Chinese: “䃟頭”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Tau”. Photo: Underwaterbuffalo, CC BY-SA 4.0.