Sai Wan Shan
Sai Wan Shan is a hill in northern Hong Kong Island. It has a height of 197 metres above sea level. The hill is the site of former military installations used by the British Colonial administration.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 198 metres
- Description: hill of Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Sai Wan Shan, Chai Wan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence and Chai Wan station.
Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence
Park
Photo: Gp03dhk, Public domain.
The Hong Kong Museum of the War of Resistance and Coastal Defence is a public museum in Hong Kong, located in a former coastal defence fort overlooking the Lei Yue Mun channel, near Shau Kei Wan on Hong Kong Island.
Chai Wan station
Railway station
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
Chai Wan is the eastern terminus of the MTR Island line on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the only station on the Island line that is elevated. The station is located at the junction of Chai Wan Road and Island Eastern Corridor, and serves Siu Sai Wan and Chai Wan, a primarily residential and industrial town.
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground
Stadium
Photo: Ngchikit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It occupies about 43,000 square metres and its construction cost over HK $230 million.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern District and Tseung Kwan O Village.
Southern District
Photo: Southgeist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Southern District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the southern part of Hong Kong Island and the largest part of the island. It had a population of 274,994 in 2016.
Tseung Kwan O Village
Village
Photo: Vinceng3, Public domain.
Tseung Kwan O Village is a community in the Tseung Kwan O area, in the Sai Kung District of Hong Kong.
Yau Tong
Suburb
Photo: Nhk9, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yau Tong is an area of Hong Kong, located in the southeastern end of Kowloon, between Lei Yue Mun and Lam Tin, at the east shore of Victoria Harbour, west of Tseung Kwan O.
Sai Wan Shan
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Eastern District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.2724° or 22° 16′ 21″ northLongitude
114.2354° or 114° 14′ 7″ eastElevation
198 metres (650 feet)Open location code
7PJP76CP+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 3902438761OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakWikidata ID
Q48936056
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Sai Wan Shan” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西灣山”
- Yue Chinese: “西灣山 (柴灣)”
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Localities in the Area
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