Stonecutters Island
Stonecutters Island or Ngong Shuen Chau is a former island in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. Following land reclamation, it is now attached to the Kowloon Peninsula.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: former island in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Angchuan Zhou”, “Ngon Shun Chau”, “Ngong Shuen Chau”, “Ngongshun Chau”, and “Wan Chu Chau”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lai Chi Kok Park and Lingnan Garden.
Lai Chi Kok Park
Park
Photo: Baycrest, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Lai Chi Kok Park is a large public park in Hong Kong, on the reclamation of former Lai Chi Kok Bay adjacent to Mei Foo, stretching along the Kwai Chung Road motorway.
Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre
Prison
Photo: Hoo Mann Yeee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre is a prison in Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is operated by the Correctional Services Department and is one of the largest prisons in the territory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lai Chi Kok and Tai Kok Tsui.
Lai Chi Kok
Suburb
Photo: Mk2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lai Chi Kok is a neighbourhood in Kowloon, Hong Kong, east of Kwai Chung and west of Cheung Sha Wan. Mei Foo Sun Chuen is the largest housing estate in the area and also the largest in Hong Kong with 99 blocks.
Tai Kok Tsui
Suburb
Tai Kok Tsui is an area west of Mong Kok in Yau Tsim Mong district in the Kowloon region of Hong Kong. The mixed land use of industrial and residential is present in the old area.
Cheung Sha Wan
Suburb
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
Cheung Sha Wan is an area between Lai Chi Kok and Sham Shui Po in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly residential to the north and south, with an industrial area in between.
Stonecutters Island
- Categories: former island and landform
- Location: Sham Shui Po District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Stonecutters Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stonecutters Island”
- Chinese: “昂船洲”
- Chinese: “盎船洲”
- Dutch: “Stonecutters Island”
- French: “Ngong shuen chau”
- French: “Ngong Shuen Chau”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Stonecutters”
- Japanese: “昂船洲”
- Korean: “스톤커터스섬”
- Persian: “جزیره استونکاترز”
- Spanish: “Isla Stonecutters”
- Swedish: “Stonecutters Island”
- Yue Chinese: “Ngong Shuen Chau”
- Yue Chinese: “Stonecutters Island”
- Yue Chinese: “Stonecutters‘ Island”
- Yue Chinese: “仰船洲”
- Yue Chinese: “昂船洲”
- Yue Chinese: “昻船洲”
- Yue Chinese: “溫珍洲”
- Yue Chinese: “盎船洲”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Mei Foo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include White Point and Hoi Lai Estate.
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