Noonday Gun

The Noonday Gun is a former naval artillery piece mounted on a small enclosed site near the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter on , .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Time signal gun in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “The Jardine Noonday Gun”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fashion Walk and President Theatre.

Shopping center
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is a shopping centre in , near . The mall is bounded by Great George, Paterson, Kingston and Cleveland streets. is situated 180 metres southeast of Noonday Gun.

Movie theater
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is a movie theater, which is situated 150 metres south of Noonday Gun.

Park
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is a public park in , , . The park is named after Queen Victoria, who has a statue in the park. It is around 190,000 square metres in size and contains sporting facilities for tennis, association football, basketball, handball, volleyball, swimming, jogging, fitness, roller skating, and bowling.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Point and Kellett Island.

Neighborhood
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was a spit on the northern shore of , Hong Kong. It extended from Hill, i.e. Lee Garden towards and marked the eastern limits of the early .

Locality
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is a former island of , off in Hong Kong. It is now connected to at following land reclamation in 1969. It is located in .

Suburb
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is an area and a bay on , Hong Kong, straddling the border of the and the districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, with a number of major shopping centres.

Noonday Gun

Latitude
22.2826° or 22° 16′ 57″ north
Longitude
114.18382° or 114° 11′ 2″ east
Open location code
7PJP75MM+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1019305706
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­cannon
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q837123
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Noonday Gun” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Günorta topu”
  • Chinese: “午炮”
  • Chinese: “怡和午炮”
  • Chinese: “怡和午砲”
  • French: “canon de midi”
  • French: “Canon de midi”
  • German: “Noonday Gun”
  • Hebrew: “תותח הצהריים”
  • Hebrew: “תותח צהרי היום”
  • Japanese: “ヌーンデイ・ガン”
  • Russian: “Полуденная пушка”
  • Yue Chinese: “怡和午炮”

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