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Victoria Peak is a mountain with a summit elevation of 11,732 feet (3,576 m) located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Mono County of northern California, United States. [4] The summit is set in Hoover Wilderness on land managed by Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest .
Victoria Peak is a hill on the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Mount Austin , and locally as The Peak only generally. With an elevation of 552 metres (1,811 ft), it is the tallest hill on Hong Kong Island, and the 29th tallest in the territory of Hong Kong .
Victoria Peak Garden is a Victorian style garden near the summit of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. The former Mountain Lodge , an alternate residence for the Governor of Hong Kong , was located there, which has since been demolished, but the park remains as an attraction at the Peak.
Victoria Peak is a mountain located in the Sutton Range of the Vancouver Island Ranges. At 2163 m, it is the third highest peak on Vancouver Island . The mountain is located on the White River valley and has mountains of comparable elevation nearby.
Victoria Peak within the Maya Mountains is the second highest mountain in Belize, at a height of 1,120 metres (3,675 ft). The highest peak in the country, Doyle's Delight , at a height of 1,124 metres (3,688 ft), is located 57 kilometres (35 mi) southwest of Victoria Peak. [ 1 ]
Victoria Gap (Chinese: 爐峰峽) is an area and a mountain pass located between the summits of Victoria Peak (aka. Mount Austin) and Mount Gough , on Hong Kong Island , in Hong Kong . [ 1 ] It is the most touristic place within the area referred to as The Peak , which receives some seven million visitors every year.
The Signal Station [3] at the top of Victoria Peak, for the signalmen, was the very first house on the Peak. In 1860, a path was also laid from Victoria Gap down to Pok Fu Lam Village in 1863. A small Military Hospital called the Sanatorium was built 1860 as an experiment, on a flat area below the signal station and facing toward Mt. Kellett.
The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island.Running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the Mid-Levels, it provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong.