Mount Gough
Mount Gough is a peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It lies directly east of Victoria Peak and rises to a height of 479 metres above Admiralty. It is named for Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Commander-in-Chief of British Forces in China.Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 370 metres
- Description: mountain in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Gefu Shan” and “望角山”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Victoria Peak and Hong Kong Park.
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.
Hong Kong Park
Park
Photo: HK Arun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened on 23 May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 square metres and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.
Flagstaff House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Flagstaff House, built in 1846, is the oldest example of colonial architecture remaining in Hong Kong. It is located at 10 Cotton Tree Drive, Central – within the Hong Kong Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mid-Levels and Government Hill.
Mid-Levels
Suburb
Government Hill
Neighborhood
Admiralty
Suburb
Photo: WiNG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Admiralty is the eastern extension of the central business district on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. It is located on the eastern end of the Central and Western District, bordered by Wan Chai to the east and Victoria Harbour to the north.
Mount Gough
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Central and Western, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.26864° or 22° 16′ 7″ northLongitude
114.15966° or 114° 9′ 35″ eastElevation
370 metres (1,214 feet)Open location code
7PJP7595+FVOpenStreetMap ID
node 7353104554OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Mount Gough” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Gough”
- Chinese: “歌賦山”
- Chinese: “歌赋山”
- Czech: “Mount Gough”
- Dutch: “Mount Gough”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت جوج”
- Ladin: “Mont Gough”
- Swedish: “Mount Gough”
- Yue Chinese: “歌賦山”
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