Cheung Shan (Kowloon)

Cheung Shan / Middle Hill
象山
Cheung Shan is on the right. A subpeak of Tate's Cairn is on the left.
Highest point
Elevation585 m (1,919 ft)
Coordinates22°21′28.78″N 114°13′5.85″E / 22.3579944°N 114.2182917°E 
Geography
Cheung Shan / Middle Hill is located in Hong Kong
Cheung Shan / Middle Hill
Cheung Shan / Middle Hill
Location of Cheung Shan in Hong Kong
Location Hong Kong
Cheung Shan
Chinese象山
Literal meaningElephant Mountain
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiàngshān
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzoeng6 saan1
Tate's Cairn, Middle Hill and Kowloon Peak viewed from the Hong Kong Island.

Middle Hill, also known as Cheung Shan (Chinese: 象山; lit. 'Elephant Mountain'),[1] is a mountain in Hong Kong at 585 metres (1,919 ft) in height.[2] Located to the north of Kowloon Peak (Fei Ngo Shan) and to the south of Tung Shan, it falls within the Ma On Shan Country Park and straddles the border between Wong Tai Sin and Sai Kung districts.[1]

Landscape

  • Cheung Shan (Elephant Mountain) viewed from the north. Behind it is Fei Ngo Shan, the highest peak in Kowloon.
    Cheung Shan (Elephant Mountain) viewed from the north. Behind it is Fei Ngo Shan, the highest peak in Kowloon.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/dc2000h.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ Weekend Weekly (2014-10-27). "象山 Middle Hill, Hong Kong@流浪攝 | 生活 | 博客 | Uncategorized". Weekend Weekly. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

22°20′49″N 114°13′20″E / 22.3470157°N 114.2222062°E / 22.3470157; 114.2222062


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