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Lantau Island was surveyed by a French fleet by Alexandre Dalmypre around the Delta of the Pearl River in 1760. [8] Lantau Island was already clearly visible on Western maps around the Delta, on the most important waterway to Canton. [9] Lantau was once a base for pirates and smugglers, and was one of the haunts of Cheung Po Tsai in the 19th ...
The Lantau Trail (Chinese: 鳳凰徑), opened on 4 December 1984, is a long-distance footpath on Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The 70 kilometres (43 mi) trail is a loop starting and finishing in the rural town of Mui Wo. It is the third longest trail in Hong Kong, after MacLehose Trail and Wilson Trail. The Lantau Trail has ...
The following is a list of the largest islands of Hong Kong, sorted by area (km 2): [1] Lantau Island 147.16; Hong Kong Island 78.52; Lamma Island 13.74; Chek Lap Kok – the site of the airport platform, 12.70 km 2 [needs update] Tsing Yi Island 10.69; Kau Sai Chau 6.70; Po Toi 3.69; Cheung Chau 2.44; Tung Lung Chau 2.42; Crooked Island (Kat O ...
Pui O Beach, Lantau Island. Map showing location of Pui O. Pui O (Chinese: 貝澳, or 杯澳), formerly Lo Pui O (螺杯澳), is an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is a popular destination for holiday camping in Hong Kong. Visitors may also rent village houses for leisure.
Tung Chung, meaning "eastern stream", is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent new towns , it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay , and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma Wan Chung in the north-western coast of Lantau Island.
View from the upper platform, with detail of the Buddha's robes clearly visible. A view of Big Buddha from Ngong Ping Village. The Big Buddha is a large bronze image of Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, near Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Ngong Ping (Chinese: 昂坪) is a highland in the western part of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It hosts Po Lin Monastery and Tian Tan Buddha amidst the hills which is about 34 m tall. There are several hills nearby which are also an attraction to tourists. It is now the terminus of the cable car ride Ngong Ping 360 which travels to Tung Chung.
Ngong Ping 360 (Chinese: 昂坪360; Jyutping: ngong5 ping4 three sixty, Cantonese) is a bicable gondola lift on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Intended to improve tourism to the area, the aerial lift was previously known as Tung Chung Cable Car Project before acquiring the Ngong Ping 360 brand in April 2005.