Kwun Yam Monastery
Kwun Yam Monastery is a temple in Outlying Islands, Hong Kong. Kwun Yam Monastery is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Kwun Yam Temple, as well as near the peak Kwun Yam Shan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kwun Yam Temple and Kwun Yam Shan.
Kwun Yam Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Andrew Currie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kwun Yam Temple is a Buddhist temple.
Keung Shan
Peak
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Keung Shan is a peak in Hong Kong, on southwestern Lantau Island, with a height of 459 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luk Wu and Tai O.
Luk Wu
Village
Luk Wu Tsuen is an area and a village of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, home to several Buddhist monasteries. The place was named as such since deer could be found there in the past and the landscape looks like a lake.
Tai O
Town
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Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means large inlet, referring to outlet for the waterways merges as it moves through Tai O. Tai O is situated 2½ km northwest of Kwun Yam Monastery.
Sham Wat
Hamlet
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Sham Wat is a village of Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. Sham Wat is situated 3 km north of Kwun Yam Monastery.
Kwun Yam Monastery
- Type: Temple
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.24131° or 22° 14′ 29″ northLongitude
113.88379° or 113° 53′ 2″ eastOpen location code
7PJM6VRM+GGOpenStreetMap ID
way 688296948OpenStreetMap feature
building=temple
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In Other Languages
“Kwun Yam Monastery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “觀音寺”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tin Lo Shan and Keung Shan Tau.
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