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Waglan Island is a member of the Po Toi group of islands in Hong Kong. Wagan Lighthouse, a declared monument dating to 1893 stands there. Since 1989 Wagan lighthouse is automated and Wagan Island is uninhabited. The island also hosts a ground of meteorological observation and recording for the Hong Kong Observatory. [1]
Junk Island, Sai Kung Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse: 1875 Cape D'Aguilar Green Island Lighthouse Compound 1875, 1905 Green Island, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Observatory: 1883 Colonial Tsim Sha Tsui: Former Marine Police Headquarters Compound: 1884 Colonial Tsim Sha Tsui: Lei Yue Mun Fort: 1887 Lei Yue Mun: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong ...
English: Postcard of the Waglan Island Lighthouse in 1910s. Date: 1910s ... File history. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. Date/Time
As of 2017, five lighthouse structures in Hong Kong that date from before the Second World War remain in operation: Cape D'Aguilar, Green Island (two lighthouses), Waglan, and Tang Lung Chau. All of them are listed heritage sites. [ 38 ]
The islands are notable for interesting rock formations and open-air seafood restaurants. Po Toi Island has a "haunted house", and some rock carvings supposed to be the epitaph of an emperor who died on or near Po Toi. [citation needed] Waglan Island has one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong. [2]
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The lighthouse is one of five pre-war surviving lighthouses in Hong Kong; it is also the oldest lighthouse in Hong Kong. Two of the five lighthouses are on Green Island while the other three are at Cape D'Aguilar, Waglan Island and Tang Lung Chau respectively. Waglan Lighthouse and Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse are also declared monuments of Hong ...
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