Lung Kwu Tan
Lung Kwu Tan is an area located in the western part of the Tuen Mun District in Hong Kong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sl, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Longgutan”, “Lung-ku-tan”, “Tung Kwu Tan”, “銅鼓灘 Tung Kwu Tan”, “龍鼓上灘”, “龍鼓灘”, and “龍鼓灘村”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Peak Power Station and Castle Peak.
Castle Peak Power Station
Power station
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Castle Peak Power Station is the largest coal-fired power station in Hong Kong. It is situated in Tap Shek Kok, Tuen Mun District, on the north shore of Urmston Road.
Castle Peak
Peak
Photo: Mk2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Peak or Pui To Shan is a 583-metre -high peak in western New Territories, Hong Kong. It is also the highest granitic hill in Hong Kong. In contrast to its Chinese name, which means green hill, Castle Peak is notorious for its severe loss of vegetation and weathering of its granite surface. Castle Peak is situated 3½ km east of Lung Kwu Tan.
Black Point Power Station
Power station
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Black Point Power Station is a gas-fired power station in Lung Kwu Tan, New Territories, Hong Kong. The power station is operated by CLP Group. Black Point Power Station is situated 3 km northwest of Lung Kwu Tan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tsing Shan Tsuen and Yeung Siu Hang.
Tsing Shan Tsuen
Village
Photo: 姒姓賢寧, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tsing Shan Tsuen is a village in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Tsing Shan Tsuen is situated 4½ km east of Lung Kwu Tan.
Yeung Siu Hang
Hamlet
Photo: Mk2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yeung Siu Hang is a village in Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Yeung Siu Hang is situated 4½ km east of Lung Kwu Tan.
Tuenmen
Suburb
Photo: Eddie Yip, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. Tuenmen is situated 6 km east of Lung Kwu Tan.
Lung Kwu Tan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.38958° or 22° 23′ 23″ northLongitude
113.9216° or 113° 55′ 18″ eastElevation
187 metres (614 feet)Open location code
7PJM9WQC+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1212901865OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Lung Kwu Tan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “Lung Kwu Tan”
- Chinese: “Lung-ku-tan”
- Chinese: “龍鼓上灘”
- Chinese: “龍鼓灘”
- Chinese: “龍鼓灘村”
- Chinese: “龙鼓滩”
- Yue Chinese: “Lung Kwu Tan”
- Yue Chinese: “Lung-ku-tan”
- Yue Chinese: “龍鼓上灘”
- Yue Chinese: “龍鼓灘”
- Yue Chinese: “龍鼓灘村”
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Notable Places Nearby
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