List of islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong

Hong Kong comprises the Kowloon Peninsula and 263 islands over 500 m² (5,400 sq ft),^[1] the largest being Lantau Island and the second largest being Hong Kong Island. Ap Lei Chau is one of the most densely populated islands in the world.

Hong Kong Island is historically the political and commercial centre of Hong Kong. It was the site of the initial settlement of Victoria City, where the financial district of Central is now located. Most of the other islands are commonly referred to as the Outlying Islands.

The Kowloon Peninsula, across Victoria Harbour from Hong Kong Island is another notable commercial centre in Hong Kong.

In terms of the districts of Hong Kong, while one of the 18 districts is called the Islands District, many islands of Hong Kong are actually not part of that district, which only consists of some twenty large and small islands in the southern and the south-western waters of Hong Kong. These islands belong to respective districts depending on their locations.

Peninsulas

Below is a partial list of the peninsulas of Hong Kong and the districts they belong to:

Mainland

Clear Water Bay Peninsula
Fu Tau Sha Peninsula
Kowloon Peninsula – Geographically, it refers to the area south of the mountain ranges of Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn, Kowloon Peak, etc. and covers five districts itself. Historically, only the portion south of Boundary Street was ceded to Britain by the Convention of Peking in 1860, covering the area of only one district in its entirety (Yau Tsim Mong) and portions of two other districts (southwestern part of Kowloon City, Stonecutters Island of Sham Shui Po).
Sai Kung Peninsula
- Pak Sha Wan Peninsula
Sha Tau Kok Peninsula
Wan Tsai Peninsula

Hong Kong Island

Cape D'Aguilar – Southern District
Shek O Peninsula [yue] – Southern District
Red Hill Peninsula
Stanley – Southern District

Lantau Island

Former peninsulas

Tai Kok Tsui – Yau Tsim Mong District, can hardly be identified on maps now, due to land reclamation.
Texaco Peninsula – Kwai Tsing District

Islands

Below is a partial list of the islands of Hong Kong and the districts they belong to:

A Chau (丫洲, Centre Island) – Tai Po
A Chau (鴉洲) – North
Adamasta Rock (北長洲石) – Islands
Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai (鴨洲尾白墩排) – North
Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai (鴨洲白墩排) – North
Ap Chau (鴨洲, Robinson Island) – North
Ap Lei Chau (鴨脷洲, Aberdeen Island) – Southern
Ap Lei Pai (鴨脷排) – Southern
Ap Lo Chun (鴨籮春) – North
Ap Tan Pai (鴨蛋排) – North
Ap Tau Pai (鴨兜排) – North
Bay Islet (匙洲, See Chau) – Sai Kung
Breaker Reef (打浪排) – Tai Po
Bun Bei Chau (崩鼻洲) – Sai Kung
Bun Sha Pai (崩紗排) – Tai Po
Cha Kwo Chau (茶果洲) – Islands
Cha Yue Pai (炸魚排) – Sai Kung
Cham Pai (杉排) – Tai Po
Cham Pai (沉排) – Sai Kung
Cham Tau Chau (枕頭洲) – Sai Kung
Chap Mo Chau (執毛洲) – North
Chau Tsai Kok (洲仔角) – Tai Po
Chau Tsai (洲仔) – Sai Kung
Che Lei Pai (扯里排) – Tai Po
Chek Chau (赤洲, Port Island) – Tai Po
Chek Lap Kok (赤鱲角) – Islands – now assimilated with Lam Chau into the airport platform and connected to Lantau Island by two bridges
Cheung Chau (長洲) – Islands
Cheung Shek Tsui (長石咀) – North
Cheung Sok (長索) – Tsuen Wan
Cheung Tsui Chau (長咀洲) – Sai Kung
Ching Chau (青洲, distinct from Steep Island) – Sai Kung
Conic Island (飯甑洲) – Sai Kung
Douglas Rock (德己利士礁) – Islands
Flat Island (銀洲, Ngan Chau) – Tai Po
Fo Shek Chau (火石洲, Basalt Island) – Sai Kung
Fo Siu Pai (火燒排) – Sai Kung
Fu Wong Chau (虎王洲) – North
Fun Chau (墳洲) – North
Green Island (青洲) – Central & Western
Ha So Pai (蝦鬚排) – Islands
Hau Tsz Kok Pai (孝子角排) – Tai Po
Hei Ling Chau (喜靈洲) – Islands
Hin Pai (蜆排) – Tai Po
Hok Tsai Pai (殼仔排) – Sai Kung
Hong Kong Island (香港島)
Hung Pai (紅排) – North
Kai Chau (雞洲) – Sai Kung
Kat O (吉澳, Crooked Island) – North
Kau Pei Chau (狗脾洲) – Southern
Kau Sai Chau (滘西洲) – Sai Kung
Kau Yi Chau (交椅洲) – Islands
Kiu Tau (橋頭) – Sai Kung
Kiu Tsui Chau (橋咀洲, Sharp Island) – Sai Kung
Ko Pai (高排) – North
Kok Tai Pai (角大排) – North
Kong Tau Pai (光頭排) – Sai Kung
Kowloon Rock (九龍石) – Kowloon City
Kung Chau (弓洲) – Tai Po
Kwun Cham Wan (罐杉環) – Sai Kung
Kwun Tsai (觀仔) – Sai Kung
Lak Lei Tsai (癩痢仔) – Sai Kung
Lamma Island (南丫島) – Islands
Lan Shuen Pei (爛樹排) – North
Lan Tau Pai (爛頭排) – Sai Kung
Lantau Island (大嶼山) – Islands
Lap Sap Chau (垃圾洲) – Sai Kung
Little Green Island (小青洲) – Central & Western
Lo Chau (羅洲) – Southern
Lo Chi Pai (鷀鸕排) – North
Lo Chi Pai (鷀鸕排) – Sai Kung
Lo Fu Tiu Pai (老虎吊排) – Sai Kung
Lo Shue Pai (老鼠排) – Eastern
Loaf Rock (饅頭排) – Islands
Luk Chau (鹿洲), formerly George I.^[2] – Islands
Lung Kwu Chau (龍鼓洲) – Tuen Mun
Lung Shan Pai (龍山排) – Southern
Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排) – Sai Kung
Lut Chau (甩洲) – Yuen Long
Ma Shi Chau (馬屎洲) – Tai Po
Ma Tsai Pai (孖仔排) – Sai Kung
Ma Wan (馬灣) – Tsuen Wan
Ma Yan Pai (媽印排) – Tai Po
Magazine Island (火藥洲, Fo Yeuk Chau) – Southern
Mei Pai (尾排) – Islands
Middle Island (熨波洲) – Southern
Mong Chau Tsai (芒洲仔) – Sai Kung
Moon Island (磨洲, Mo Chau) – Tai Po
Muk Yue Chau (木魚洲) – Sai Kung
Nam Fung Chau (南風洲) – Sai Kung
Ng Fan Chau (五分洲) – Southern
Nga Ying Chau (牙鷹洲) – Sai Kung Southeast to Ching Chau (青洲)
Nga Ying Pai (牙鷹排) – Sai Kung
Ngam Hau Shek (岩口石) – Tsuen Wan
Ngan Chau (銀洲) – Islands
Ngau Shi Pui (牛屎砵) – Sai Kung
Ngau Tau Pai (牛頭排) – Sai Kung
Ngo Mei Chau (娥眉洲, Crescent Island) – North
Ninepin Group (果洲群島) – Sai Kung
- Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排)
- North Ninepin Island (北果洲)
- Sai Chau Mei (細洲尾)
- Shue Long Chau (蕃莨洲)
- Tai Chau (大洲)
- Tai Chau Mei (大洲尾)
- Tuen Chau Chai (短洲仔)
Pak Chau (白洲, Tree Island) – Tuen Mun
Pak Ka Chau (筆架洲) – North
Pak Ma Tsui Pai (白馬咀排) – Sai Kung
Pak Pai (白排) – Sai Kung
Pak Sha Chau (白沙洲, Round Island) – North
Pak Sha Chau (白沙洲, White Sand Island) – Sai Kung
Pat Ka Chau (筆架洲) – North
Peaked Hill (雞翼角) – Islands
Peng Chau (坪洲) – Islands
Pearl Island (龍珠島) – Tuen Mun
Pin Chau (扁洲) – Sai Kung
Ping Chau (平洲) – Tai Po
Ping Min Chau (平面洲) – Sai Kung
Po Pin Chau (破邊洲) – Sai Kung
Po Toi Islands (蒲苔群島) – Islands
- Castle Rock (螺洲白排)
- Beaufort Island (螺洲, Lo Chau)
- Mat Chau (墨洲), an islet off Po Toi Island
- Mat Chau Pai (墨洲排), an islet off Mat Chau
- Po Toi Island (蒲苔島)
- Sai Pai (細排)
- San Pai (散排)
- Sung Kong (宋崗)
- Tai Pai (大排)
- Waglan Island (橫瀾島)
Po Yue Pai (蒲魚排) – Sai Kung
Pun Shan Shek (半山石) – Tsuen Wan
Pyramid Rock (尖柱石) – Sai Kung
Round Island (銀洲) – Southern
Sai Ap Chau (細鴨洲) – North
Sam Pai (三排) – Sai Kung
Sam Pui Chau (三杯酒) – Tai Po
Sha Chau (沙洲) – Tuen Mun
Sha Pai (沙排) – North
Sha Pai (沙排) – Tai Po
Sha Tong Hau (沙塘口山, Bluff Island) – Sai Kung
Sham Shui Pai (深水排) – Islands
Shau Kei Pai (筲箕排) – North
Shek Chau (石洲) – Sai Kung
Shek Kwu Chau (石鼓洲) – Islands
Shek Ngau Chau (石牛洲) – Tai Po
Shelter Island (牛尾洲) – Sai Kung
Sheung Pai (雙排) – North
Shui Cham Tsui Pai (水浸咀排) – North
Shui Pai (水排) – Islands
Siu Kau Yi Chau (小交椅洲) – Islands
Siu Nim Chau (小稔洲) – North
Siu Tsan Chau (小鏟洲) – Sai Kung
Soko Islands (索罟群島) – Islands
- Cheung Muk Tau (樟木頭)
- Ko Pai (高排)
- Lung Shuen Pai (龍船排)
- Ma Chau (孖洲)
- Shek Chau (石洲)
- Siu A Chau (小鴉洲)
- Tai A Chau (大鴉洲)
- Tau Lo Chau (頭顱洲)
- Wan Hau Chau (灣口洲)
- Yuen Chau (圓洲)
- Yuen Kong Chau (圓崗洲)
Steep Island (青洲, Ching Chau) – Sai Kung
Sunshine Island (周公島) – Islands
Ta Ho Pai (打蠔排) – North
Tai Chau (大洲) – Sai Kung
Tai Lei (大利) – Islands
Tai Nim Chau (大稔洲) – North
Tai O (大澳) – Islands
Tai Pai (大排) – Sai Kung
Tai Tau Chau (Sai Kung District) (大頭洲) – Sai Kung
Tai Tau Chau (Southern District) (大頭洲) – Southern
Tai Tsan Chau (大鏟洲) – Sai Kung
Tang Chau (燈洲) – Tai Po
Tang Lung Chau (燈籠洲) – Tsuen Wan
Tap Mun Chau (塔門, Grass Island) – Tai Po
Tau Chau (頭洲) – Southern
The Brothers (磨刀洲) – Tuen Mun
- Siu Mo To (小磨刀)
- Tai Mo To (大磨刀)
- Tsz Kan Chau (匙羹洲)
Tit Cham Chau (鐵蔘洲) – Sai Kung
Tit Shue Pai (鐵樹排) – Tai Po
Tiu Chung Chau (吊鐘洲, Jin Island) – Sai Kung
Tiu Chung Pai (吊鐘排) – Sai Kung
Tong Hau Pai (塘口排) – Sai Kung
Town Island (伙頭墳洲) – Sai Kung
Trio Island (大癩痢) – Sai Kung
Tsim Chau Group – Sai Kung
- Tai Chau (大洲)
- Tsim Chau (尖洲)
Tsing Chau (青洲, Table Island) – North
Tsing Yi Island (青衣島) – Kwai Tsing
Tsui Pai (咀排) – Islands
Tuen Tau Chau (斷頭洲) – Sai Kung
Tung Lung Chau (東龍洲) – Sai Kung
Tung Sam Chau (棟心洲) – Sai Kung
Wai Chau Pai (灣仔排) – Tai Po
Wai Kap Pai (桅夾排) – Sai Kung
Wang Chau (橫洲) – Sai Kung
Wang Pai (橫排) – Sai Kung
Wo Sheung Chau (和尚洲) – Sai Kung
Wong Mau Chau (黃茅洲) – Sai Kung
Wong Nai Chau Tsai (黃泥洲仔) – Sai Kung
Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲) – North
Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲) – North
Wong Nai Chau (黃泥洲) – Sai Kung
Wong Wan Chau (往灣洲, Double Island) – North
Wong Wan Pai (往灣排) – Sai Kung
Wong Yi Chau (黃宜洲) – Sai Kung
Wu Chau (烏洲) – North
Wu Chau (烏洲) – Tai Po
Wu Pai (烏排) – North
Wu Yeung Chau Pai (湖洋洲排) – North
Wu Ying Pai (烏蠅排) – Islands
Yan Chau (印洲) – North
Yau Lung Kok (游龍角) – Sai Kung
Yeung Chau (洋洲) – North
Yeung Chau (洋洲) – Tai Po
Yeung Chau (羊洲), Sheep Island – Sai Kung
Yi Long Pai (二浪排) – Islands
Yi Pai (二排) – Sai Kung
Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔) – Tai Po
Yim Tin Tsai (鹽田仔, Little Salt Field) – Sai Kung
Yuen Kong Chau (圓崗洲) – Sai Kung

Former islands

Channel Rock – Kowloon City – now a part of the Kai Tak former airport runway
Chau Tsai – absorbed by reclaimed land of Tsing Yi Island, near CRC Oil Depot of Nam Wan Kok
Fat Tong Chau (佛堂洲, Junk Island) – now a part of Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung as a result of land reclamation
Hoi Sham Island – Kowloon City (also To Kwa Wan Island) – now part of To Kwa Wan as a result of reclamation
Kellett Island – now part of Causeway Bay as a result of gradual land reclamation, Eastern
La Ka Chau (勒加洲)
Lam Chau – Islands – now assimilated with Chek Lap Kok into the airport platform and connected to Lantau by two bridges
Lo Shue Pai [zh-tw]
Leung Shuen Wan (糧船灣洲, High Island), Sai Kung – connected to the mainland to form the High Island Reservoir
Mong Chau – an island off the hill of Lai King, buried under the Terminal 2 of the Container Terminal
Mouse Island – an island in Sam Shing, Tuen Mun and now a part of Mouse Island Children's Playground
Nga Ying Chau – now northeast corner of the Tsing Yi Island as a result of land reclamation
Rumsey Rock – now a part of shore of between Tsim Sha Tsui East and Hung Hom
Stonecutters Island – a former island, now part of the Kowloon Peninsula, following land reclamation
Tsing Chau, or Pillar Island – absorbed into reclaimed land of Gin Drinkers Bay or Lap Sap Wan. It is the Kwai Chung end of Tsing Yi Bridge
Tung Tau Chau (東頭洲) – connected to the mainland to form the Plover Cove Reservoir
Yuen Chau Tsai (元洲仔)
Un Chau
Careening Island
New Wing of Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

Largest islands

The following is a list of the largest islands of Hong Kong, sorted by area (km²):^[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 km²^{[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) 2.35
Wong Wan Chau (Double Island) 2.13
Hei Ling Chau 1.93
Tap Mun Chau (Grass Island) 1.69
An artificial island for the Boundary Crossing Facilities and the southern entrance of the Tuen Mun–Chek Lap Kok Link Tunnel 1.50^[4]
Ap Lei Chau 1.30
Tai A Chau 1.20
Tung Ping Chau 1.16
Peng Chau 0.97
Ma Wan 0.97

Leung Shuen Wan was connected to the mainland in the 1970s to form the High Island Reservoir. It historically had an area of 8.511 km² and was in 1960 the 4th largest island of Hong Kong.^[5] At that time, the airport platform had not yet been built and the area of Tsing Yi increased later as a consequence of land reclamation.

The original Chek Lap Kok had an area of 3.02 km²^[6] (other sources mention 2.8 km²).^[7] By the time when the airport was open the size of the island was cited to be 1,248 hectares.^[8]

Islands by population

Hong Kong Island
Tsing Yi
Lantau
Ap Lei Chau
Cheung Chau
Ma Wan
Lamma
Peng Chau
Pearl Island
Grass Island
Crooked Island

References

^ a b Lands Department (January 2017), Hong Kong Geographic Data (PDF), retrieved 2017-05-31
^ "Hong-Kong", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. XII (9th ed.), 1881, p. 141.
^ "Three Runway System".
^ "Highways Department - Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF)". Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
^ Chan, Tin-kuen, Anthony, "Parade for the queen: safeguarding the intangible heritage of the Tin Hau Sea Ritual in Leung Shuen Wan, Sai Kung", University of Hong Kong dissertation, 2006 Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Plant, G.W.; Covil, C.S.; Hughes, R.A.; Airport Authority Hong Kong (1998). Site Preparation for the New Hong Kong International Airport. Thomas Telford. ISBN 978-0-7277-2696-4.
^ "Antiquities and Monuments Office: Chek Lap Kok Island and its history". Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
^ "New Airport".

External links

Islands District Council website
Former islands

[mapping-1] Lands Department (January 2017), Hong Kong Geographic Data (PDF), retrieved 2017-05-31

[eb9-2] "Hong-Kong", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. XII (9th ed.), 1881, p. 141.

[3] "Three Runway System".

[4] "Highways Department - Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF)". Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2021-10-23.

[safeguarding-5] Chan, Tin-kuen, Anthony, "Parade for the queen: safeguarding the intangible heritage of the Tin Hau Sea Ritual in Leung Shuen Wan, Sai Kung", University of Hong Kong dissertation, 2006 Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine

[site_prep-6] Plant, G.W.; Covil, C.S.; Hughes, R.A.; Airport Authority Hong Kong (1998). Site Preparation for the New Hong Kong International Airport. Thomas Telford. ISBN 978-0-7277-2696-4.

[AMO_history-7] "Antiquities and Monuments Office: Chek Lap Kok Island and its history". Archived from the original on 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2011-08-08.

[8] "New Airport".