High West
High West or Sai Ko Shan, is a mountain on Hong Kong Island with a height of 494 m It is in Central and Western District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 494 metres
- Description: mountain in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Sai Ko Shan” and “Xigao Shan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Peak and Queen Mary Hospital.
Victoria Peak
Peak
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of 552 metres, it is the tallest hill on Hong Kong Island, and the 29th tallest in the territory of Hong Kong.
Queen Mary Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Queen Mary Hospital is the largest district general hospital located in Pok Fu Lam on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is part of the teaching hospital of the Faculty of Dentistry and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong.
Pok Fu Lam Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pok Fu Lam Reservoir, formerly known as the Pokefulum Reservoir, is the first reservoir in Hong Kong. It is located in a valley in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong Island. It is near The Peak.It is actually two reservoirs with capacity of 260,000 m3.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Telegraph Bay and Pok Fu Lam.
Telegraph Bay
Quarter
Telegraph Bay or Kong Sin Wan, formerly known as Tai Hau Wan, is a bay in the west shore near Pok Fu Lam, between Sandy Bay and Waterfall Bay on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is where the Cyberport is located.
Pok Fu Lam
Village
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pok Fu Lam or Pokfulam is a residential area on Hong Kong Island, at the western end of the Southern District. It is a valley between Victoria Peak and Mount Kellett, around Telegraph Bay.
Kennedy Town
Suburb
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kennedy Town is a town and neighbourhood at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877.
High West
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Central and Western District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.27217° or 22° 16′ 20″ northLongitude
114.13629° or 114° 8′ 11″ eastElevation
494 metres (1,621 feet)Open location code
7PJP74CP+VGOpenStreetMap ID
node 288737750OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“High West” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “High West”
- Chinese: “西高山”
- Dutch: “High West”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل هيج ويست”
- Ladin: “High West”
- Swedish: “High West”
- Vietnamese: “Tây Cao Sơn”
- Yue Chinese: “西高山”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Victoria Peak and 中西區 Central and Western District.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mt. High West Viewing Point and 西高崖底.
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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 “High West”. Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 3.0.