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Sunshine Island

Sunshine Island, also known as Chau Kung To indigenously, is a companion island of in Hong Kong. Located northeast of Hei Ling Chau and south of , the island was once the site of a drug addiction treatment centre.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: island in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Chau Kung”, “Chau Kung Island”, “Chau Kung To”, “Chow Kung”, “Sunshine Island SSSI”, “Sunshine Island, Hong Kong”, and “Zhougong Dao”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Finger Hill and Tai Lei.

Peak
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the highest peak on the island of in Hong Kong, with a height of 95 metres above sea level.

Islet
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
, also referred to as Chau, is a small located off the island of in . The island is connected to Peng Chau by a bridge. The bridge leading to the island is a popular fishing spot for residents of Peng Chau.

Place of worship
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a place of worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peng Chau and Mui Wo.

Photo: Leinad, Public domain.
is the smallest of the populated islands within the of . The population of the island is only a few thousand, and so the lifestyle is considered sedate by Hong Kong standards.

Suburb
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is a rural town on the eastern coast of in Hong Kong. The 2011 census recorded 5,485 people living in and its environs. , formerly known as Mei Wo or Mei Wei, is located in the eastern part of Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong.

Town
Photo: Mintchocicecream, CC0.
is a residential community located on in . The 2021 census recorded a population of 19,336 residents in DB, with 55% of them being non-Chinese.

Sunshine Island

Latitude
22.26105° or 22° 15′ 40″ north
Longitude
114.05157° or 114° 3′ 6″ east
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
Open location code
7PJP7362+CJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 9561506
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Geo­Names ID
1819990
Wiki­data ID
Q7641503
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Sunshine Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sunshine Island”
  • Chinese: “周公岛”
  • Chinese: “周公島”
  • Chinese: “周公島具特殊科學價值地點”
  • Chinese: “日光島”
  • Korean: “선샤인아일랜드”
  • Korean: “자우궁도섬”
  • Korean: “저우궁다오”
  • Swedish: “Sunshine Island”
  • Yue Chinese: “周公島”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Che Kung Tau and Cross-Connection Chamber.

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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 “Sunshine Island”. Photo: Iflwlou, CC BY-SA 3.0.