Needle Hill
Needle Hill or Cham Shan is a mountain in New Territories, Hong Kong. It has an altitude of 532 m. This is a part of a popular hiking route including Grassy Hill and Tai Mo Shan. The mountain got its name due to the resemblance of a needle by its peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 532 metres
- Description: mountain in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Cham Shan” and “大峒”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hong Kong Heritage Museum and Ten Thousand Buddha’s Monastery.
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Museum
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
Hong Kong Heritage Museum is a public museum of history, art and culture in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, located beside the Shing Mun River. The museum opened on 16 December 2000.
Ten Thousand Buddha’s Monastery
Buddhist temple
Photo: CPJoseph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery is a mid-20th century Buddhist temple located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, at 220 Pai Tau Village. Its designation as a monastery is actually a misnomer because there are no monks residing at the complex, which is managed solely by laypersons.
Lower Shing Mun Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Underwaterbuffalo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lower Shing Mun Reservoir is a reservoir outside Shing Mun Country Park and the downstream of the dam of the Shing Mun Reservoir in the Sha Tin District of Hong Kong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shatin and Kwai Chung.
Shatin
Suburb
Photo: Rseric, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District.
Kwai Chung
Town
Kwai Chung is an urban area within Tsuen Wan New Town in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Together with Tsing Yi Island, it is part of the Kwai Tsing District of Hong Kong.
Tsuen Wan
Suburb
Tsuen Wan is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and fleets of fishing boats in the area.
Needle Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.3869° or 22° 23′ 13″ northLongitude
114.1606° or 114° 9′ 38″ eastElevation
532 metres (1,745 feet)Open location code
7PJP95P6+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1143809719OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q14918691
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Needle Hill” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “針山”
- Dutch: “Needle Hill”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل نيدل هيل”
- French: “Needle Hill”
- Ladin: “Needle Hill”
- Yue Chinese: “針山”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pak Tin and Pau Shek Wo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wong Sha Teng and Shatin Anglican Church Maranatha House & Prayer Mountain.
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