Junk Island
Fat Tong Chau, also known as Junk Island in English, and formerly called Fat Tau Chau or Fu Tau Chau, is a former island of Hong Kong. It is now part of Tseung Kwan O and Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Sai Kung as a result of land reclamation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: former island of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Fat Tau Chau”, “Fat Tong Chau”, “Fatau Chau”, “Futang Zhou”, “Futau Chan”, “Futau Chau”, and “Futau Chow”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tin Ha Shan and Tseung Kwan O INNOPARK.
Tin Ha Shan
Peak
Photo: Millevache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tin Ha Shan is a hill in Clear Water Bay Country Park, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong.
Tseung Kwan O INNOPARK
City block
Photo: 建園春秋, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate is located in the southeast of the Tseung Kwan O New Town, Sai Kung District in Hong Kong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siu Sai Wan and Tseung Kwan O.
Siu Sai Wan
Suburb
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Siu Sai Wan is a residential area in the northeastern part of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located in the eastern part of Chai Wan, and is administratively under the Eastern District. The population was 59,729 in June 2011.
Tseung Kwan O
Town
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
Junk Bay, also known by its Chinese transliteration Tseung Kwan O or Cheung Kwan O; is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village. Tseung Kwan O is situated 3½ km north of Junk Island.
A Kung Ngam
Village
Photo: MunKamg28, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A Kung Ngam is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Junk Island.
Junk Island
- Categories: former island and landform
- Location: Sai Kung District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Junk Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fat Tong Chau”
- Chinese: “佛堂島”
- Chinese: “佛堂洲”
- Chinese: “佛頭洲”
- French: “Fat Tong Chau”
- Japanese: “佛堂洲”
- Swedish: “Fat Tong Chau”
- Yue Chinese: “佛堂洲”
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Localities in the Area
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