Castle Peak Bay

Castle Peak Bay is a bay outside . empties into the bay. In the past, many Tanka fishermen harboured at the bay. In 1513, explorer Jorge Álvares arrived in the Pearl River Delta and started a Portuguese settlement, Tamão.
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  • Type: Quarter
  • Description: place, bay outside Tuen Mun in Hong Kong
  • Also known as: “Tsing Shan Wan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Castle Peak Beach and Kadoorie Beach.

Beach
Photo: Jsimcum Goa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a gazetted beach in , , beside Sam Shing Estate. It looks onto and the Tuen Mun typhoon shelter, although it is separated from the typhoon shelter by a breakwater.

Beach
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Place of worship
Photo: Chong Fat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a place of worship.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tuenmen and Tsing Shan Tsuen.

Town
Photo: Eddie Yip, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of and in the west of , Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period.

Village
Photo: 姒姓賢寧, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in , .

Hamlet
Photo: Mk2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , .

Castle Peak Bay

Latitude
22.37894° or 22° 22′ 44″ north
Longitude
113.98117° or 113° 58′ 52″ east
Open location code
7PJM9XHJ+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5129736533
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Wiki­data ID
Q5050230
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Castle Peak Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Castle Peak Bay”
  • Chinese: “屯門澳”
  • Chinese: “屯門灣”
  • Chinese: “青山灣”
  • Esperanto: “Kastelo-Pinta Golfo”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Castle Peak”
  • Swedish: “Castle Peak Bay”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Thanh Sơn”
  • Wu Chinese: “青山湾”
  • Yue Chinese: “屯門澳”
  • Yue Chinese: “屯門灣”
  • Yue Chinese: “青山灣”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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