Crooked Harbour

Northwestern part of Crooked Harbour with Yantian International Container Terminals of Shenzhen in the background.
Northern part of Crooked Harbour, viewed from Ap Chau toward the Hong Kong mainland. The Shenzhen skyline is visible on the right.
Western coast of Kat O, facing Crooked Harbour.

Crooked Harbour or Kat O Hoi (Chinese: 吉澳海) is a harbour at the northeast of New Territories, Hong Kong. The harbour is connected to Double Haven and the bigger sea of Mirs Bay. Crooked Island, also known as Kat O, and several islands, including Ap Chau, form the harbour with the mainland New Territories.[1]

Islands

Islands of Crooked Harbour include:

Ecology

Wave-cut "benches" of 6 to 10 meters wide form along the sediment layers at Crooked Harbor and Ping Chau, which are uncommon elsewhere in Hong Kong's coastline.[2]

Eelgrasses discovered at Lai Chi Wo in 1977 were granted protection by the Agricultural and Fisheries Department of the Hong Kong government. Periclimenes demani, a small species of shrimp, resides in this grass.[2]: 250 

Historical event

On 8 June 1857, a British naval frigate encountered pirates at Crooked Harbor, 70 men leapt overboard and were massacred on land.[3]

References

  1. ^ Owen, Bernie; Shaw, Raynor (2007-10-01). Hong Kong Landscapes: Shaping the Barren Rock. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 228–229. ISBN 978-962-209-847-3.
  2. ^ a b Morton, Brian; Morton, John (1983-04-01). The Sea Shore Ecology of Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press. p. 32. ISBN 978-962-209-028-6.
  3. ^ Clowes, William Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. S. Low, Marston. p. 109.
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