East Asia
Hong Kong
Sai Kung District

Sharp Peak

Sharp Peak, or Nam She Tsim, is a hill inside Sai Kung East Country Park, north of Tai Long Wan, in the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. It is particularly well known for its well-defined sharp peak, which rises to a height of 468 metres above sea level.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Tithon, Public domain.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 468 metres
  • Description: mountain in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Nam She Tau”, “Nam She Tsim”, “Ranshe Jian”, “Ranshe Tou”, and “南蛇頭”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tai Mun Shan and Tai Wan.

Peak
Photo: Tithon, Public domain.
lies to the west of near Chek King on the Sai Kung Peninsula in . The hill comprises a rounded peak, which rises to a height 370 metres. The name translates as the Big Hill of the Mosquitoes.

Beach
Photo: TK HKGP, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tai Long Wan is a 3 kilometer-wide bay on the east coast of the Sai Kung Peninsula in , . Considered one of the most beautiful places in Hong Kong, it is a popular surf destination.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ham Tin and Tan Ka Wan.

Hamlet
Photo: Quince Pan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Tsuen is a village facing Wan, one of the four main bays of Tai Long Wan, in the of .

Suburb
is a village in the Sai Kung North area of , .

Hamlet
Photo: Underwaterbuffalo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village of in the Sai Kung North area of , .

Sharp Peak

Latitude
22.43063° or 22° 25′ 50″ north
Longitude
114.37623° or 114° 22′ 34″ east
Elevation
468 metres (1,535 feet)
Open location code
7PJPC9JG+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13313665216
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
1819294
Wiki­data ID
Q3820352
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yue Chinese—“Sharp Peak” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sharp Peak”
  • Cebuano: “Sharp Peak”
  • Chinese: “南蛇尖”
  • Chinese: “蚺蛇头”
  • Chinese: “蚺蛇尖”
  • Chinese: “蚺蛇山”
  • Chinese: “蚺蛇頭”
  • Dutch: “Sharp Peak”
  • Japanese: “シャープピーク”
  • Ladin: “Sharp Peak”
  • Swedish: “Sharp Peak”
  • Yue Chinese: “蚺蛇尖”

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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 “Sharp Peak”. Photo: Tithon, Public domain.