Outlying Islands

's Outlying Islands are a generic label for the other 234 islands, islets and rocks in the territory. For tourists, the most popular islands include:…
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Lamma and Cheung Chau.

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Island, also known as Pok Liu Chau or simply Pok Liu, is the third largest island in .

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is one of the most populous of the Outlying Islands of with a population of 23,000. The island is also referred to as "dumbbell island" in Cantonese due to its shape.

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is the smallest of the populated islands within the Outlying Islands of . The population of the island is only a few thousand, and so the lifestyle is considered sedate by Hong Kong standards.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yi Tung Shan and Sunset Peak.

Peak
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is the ninth highest mountain in Hong Kong. It is situated east of on , and is 747 m in height. Stage 2 of The Lantau Trail runs along the north side of its peak.

Peak
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or Tai Tung Shan is the third-highest peak in and the second-highest on the island of . It is situated within the Lantau South Country Park and the Lantau North Country Park and stands at a height of 869 metres above the Hong Kong Principal Datum, or 868 metres above mean sea level.

Peak
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, is a mountain on , Hong Kong, with a height of 529 metres above sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lantau and Tung Chung.

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is the largest island in . Despite having the and Disneyland, it offers quiet mountains and villages that seem a world away from the busy pace of life in .

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is an area on the northwestern coast of , . One of the most recent new towns, it was formerly a rural fishing village beside , and along the delta and lower courses of River and in the north-western coast of Lantau Island.

Suburb
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, formerly Lo , is an area on in Hong Kong. It is a popular destination for holiday camping in Hong Kong. Visitors may also rent village houses for leisure.

Outlying Islands

Latitude
22.26382° or 22° 15′ 50″ north
Longitude
113.96038° or 113° 57′ 37″ east
Population
140,000
Elevation
423 metres (1,388 feet)
Open location code
7PJM7X76+G5
Geo­Names ID
1819708
Wiki­data ID
Q752523
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Outlying Islands” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ደሴቶች”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة الجزر”
  • Armenian: “Այլենդս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Adalar”
  • Basque: “Hong Kongeko uharteak”
  • Bengali: “দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Catalan: “Districte de les Illes (Hong Kong)”
  • Catalan: “Districte de les Illes”
  • Cebuano: “Islands District”
  • Chinese: “Lî-tó-khu”
  • Chinese: “离岛区”
  • Chinese: “離島區”
  • Dutch: “Islands District”
  • Dutch: “Outlying Islands”
  • Esperanto: “Insulara Distrikto”
  • French: “Îles”
  • French: “Islands District”
  • Galician: “distrito das Illas”
  • German: “Inseln”
  • German: “Islands District”
  • German: “Outlying Islands”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lì-tó-khî”
  • Hausa: “Tsibai”
  • Hebrew: “האיים החיצוניים”
  • Hindi: “ईस्लन्द्स दिस्त्रिच्त्”
  • Hungarian: “Szigetek”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Pulau”
  • Italian: “distretto delle Isole”
  • Italian: “Distretto delle Isole”
  • Japanese: “島嶼”
  • Japanese: “離島区”
  • Javanese: “Kapuloan”
  • Kazakh: “Аралдар”
  • Kirghiz: “Аралдар”
  • Korean: “레이도구”
  • Korean: “리다오 구”
  • Korean: “리다오구”
  • Macedonian: “Острови (округ)”
  • Macedonian: “Острови”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lî-tó-khu”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Islands District, Hong Kong”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øydistriktet”
  • Norwegian: “Øydistriktet”
  • Oromo: “Jiidha”
  • Panjabi: “ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزایر”
  • Persian: “منطقه جزایر”
  • Polish: “Islands”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito das Ilhas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas”
  • Pushto: “ټاپوان”
  • Russian: “Айлендс”
  • Slovenian: “Islands District”
  • Somali: “Jasiirada”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de las Islas”
  • Spanish: “Distrito Islas”
  • Spanish: “Islands District”
  • Spanish: “Islas”
  • Swahili: “Kisiwa”
  • Swedish: “Islands District”
  • Swedish: “Öarna, Hong Kong”
  • Swedish: “Öarna”
  • Swedish: “Ödistriktet”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираҳо”
  • Tamil: “தீவுகள் மாவட்டம்”
  • Tatar: “Аталлар”
  • Turkish: “Islands”
  • Urdu: “جزائر ضلع”
  • Uzbek: “Orollar”
  • Vietnamese: “Li Đảo”
  • Vietnamese: “Ly Đảo”
  • Welsh: “dosbarth o ysysoedd (uned weinyddol)”
  • Yue Chinese: “離島區”

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