Peng Chau
Peng Chau is the smallest of the populated islands within the Outlying Islands of Hong Kong. The population of the island is only a few thousand, and so the lifestyle is considered sedate by Hong Kong standards.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Leinad, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: island in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Peang”, “Peang Chow”, “Peng Chau Island”, “Ping Chau”, “Ping Chau Island”, “Ping Chou”, and “Ping Zhou”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tai Lei and Finger Hill.
Tai Lei
Islet
Photo: Hiroki Ogawa, CC BY 3.0.
Tai Lei, also referred to as Tai Lei Chau, is a small island located off the island of Peng Chau in Hong Kong. The island is connected to Peng Chau by a bridge. The bridge leading to the island is a popular fishing spot for residents of Peng Chau.
Finger Hill
Peak
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Finger Hill is the highest peak on the island of Peng Chau in Hong Kong, with a height of 95 metres above sea level.
Peng Lei Road Sitting Out Area
Park
Photo: Kdm852, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Peng Lei Road Sitting Out Area is a park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Discovery Bay and Penny’s Bay.
Discovery Bay
Town
Photo: Mintchocicecream, CC0.
Discovery Bay is a residential community located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The 2021 census recorded a population of 19,336 residents in DB, with 55% of them being non-Chinese.
Penny’s Bay
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Penny's Bay or Chok Ko Wan is a bay in north-eastern Lantau Island, and had been a port since the Ming dynasty. The bay has since been reclaimed and is the site of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which consists of the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park, Disneyland Hotel, and Disney's Hollywood Hotel, and the Inspiration Lake. Penny’s Bay is situated 3½ km north of Peng Chau.
Mui Wo
Suburb
Photo: Mintchocicecream, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The 2011 census recorded 5,485 people living in Mui Wo and its environs. Mui Wo, formerly known as Mei Wo or Mei Wei, is located in the eastern part of Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Mui Wo is situated 4½ km southwest of Peng Chau.
Peng Chau
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.2848° or 22° 17′ 5″ northLongitude
114.0384° or 114° 2′ 18″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
7PJP72MQ+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 10091316707OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Yue Chinese—“Peng Chau” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Peng Chau”
- Cebuano: “Peng Chau (pulo sa Hong Kong)”
- Cebuano: “Peng Chau”
- Chinese: “坪洲”
- Czech: “Peng Chau”
- Dutch: “Peng Chau”
- French: “île de Peng Chau”
- French: “Île de Peng Chau”
- German: “Peng Chau”
- Italian: “Peng Chau”
- Japanese: “坪洲”
- Korean: “펭자우섬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Peng Chau”
- Norwegian: “Peng Chau”
- Polish: “Peng Chau”
- Spanish: “Peng Chau”
- Swedish: “Peng Chau”
- Vietnamese: “Bình Châu, Hồng Kông”
- Vietnamese: “Bình Châu”
- Yue Chinese: “坪洲”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Peng Chau”. Photo: Leinad, Public domain.