Belcher Bay
Belcher Bay is a bay at Kennedy Town on the northwest shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located east of Sulphur Channel. The bay is named after Edward Belcher, a Nova Scotia-born British naval officer who surveyed the surrounding water and land in the Victoria Harbour in 1841. Green Island and Little Green Island are located within the bay.Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
- Also known as: “Beiluzha Wan” and “Belchers Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kennedy Town Terminus and Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay).
Kennedy Town Terminus
Tram stop
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kennedy Town Terminus is a tram stop and one of the seven termini of Hong Kong Tramways, a double-decker tram system. Located in Kennedy Town, it is the system's westernmost terminus, and one of its three termini in the Central and Western District on Hong Kong Island.
Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay)
Bus station
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Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay) is a bus station.
Manhattan Heights
Apartment building
Photo: Exploringlife, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Manhattan Heights is a residential skyscraper located in Kennedy Town, Hong Kong. Completed in the year 2000, the greenish tower stands 607 ft tall and has 55 floors.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kennedy Town and Boundary Stone, City of Victoria.
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.
Boundary Stone, City of Victoria
Locality
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Boundary Stone, City of Victoria is a locality.
Belcher Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.28426° or 22° 17′ 3″ northLongitude
114.12645° or 114° 7′ 35″ eastOpen location code
7PJP74MG+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2085369186OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
1820023Wikidata ID
Q3531692
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Satellite Map
Discover Belcher Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Belcher Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Belcher Bay”
- Chinese: “卑路乍湾”
- Chinese: “卑路乍灣”
- Swedish: “Belcher Bay”
- Tamil: “பெல்சர் குடா”
- Wu Chinese: “卑路乍湾”
- Yue Chinese: “卑路乍灣”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shek Tong Tsui and Mount Davis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kennedy Town Fire Station and Smithfield Road Children’s Playground.
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