Kap Sing Mun
Kap Shui Mun or Throat Gates is the channel between Lantau Island and Ma Wan in Hong Kong. It is part of major sea route along the coast of South China, from Victoria Harbour to the Pearl River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Strait
- Description: sea channel in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Capsuimoon”, “Kap Shui Mun”, and “Throat Gates”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kap Shui Mun Bridge and Ma Wan public pier.
Kap Shui Mun Bridge
Bridge
Photo: 圍棋一級, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kap Shui Mun Bridge in Hong Kong, part of Lantau Link of Route 8, is one of the longest cable-stayed bridges in the world that transports both road and railway traffic, with the upper deck used for motor vehicles and the lower deck for both vehicles and the MTR.
Ma Wan Park
Park
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ma Wan Park is a park on Ma Wan island, New Territories, Hong Kong opened on 1 July 2007. It is operated by Sun Hung Kai Properties with investment from the Hong Kong Government.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tai Tsing Chau and Fa Peng.
Tai Tsing Chau
Locality
Tai Tsing Chau is a village located on the Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula of Lantau Island, in the Tsuen Wan District of Hong Kong.
Fa Peng
Hamlet
Fa Peng is a village located on the Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula of Lantau Island, in the Tsuen Wan District of Hong Kong. The village is below Fa Peng Teng, in Chinese meaning flower flask because of the rock formation that’s shaped like a flower flask.
Yuen Tun Village
Hamlet
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yuen Tun Tsuen or Yuen Tun Village is a village in Tsing Lung Tau, Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong.
Kap Sing Mun
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.34547° or 22° 20′ 44″ northLongitude
114.05439° or 114° 3′ 16″ eastOpen location code
7PJP83W3+5QOpenStreetMap ID
way 675144757OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
1819678Wikidata ID
Q6366345
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Kap Sing Mun” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kap Shui Mun”
- Chinese: “急水門”
- Chinese: “汲水門”
- Chinese: “汲水門海峽”
- Chinese: “汲水门”
- Swedish: “Kap Shui Mun”
- Yue Chinese: “急水門”
- Yue Chinese: “汲水門”
- Yue Chinese: “汲水門海峽”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ma Wan Main Street Village and Ma Wan Town.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kap Shui Mun Piazza and Tin Hau Temple Piazza.
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