Geography of Hong Kong
See main Hong Kong article for a general description and history.
Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Geographic coordinates: 22 15 N, 114 10 E
Area:
total: 1,092 km²
land: 1,042 km²
water: 50 km²
Land boundaries:
total: 30 km
border countries: China 30 km (Shenzhen Special Economic Zone)
Coastline: 733 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nm
Total sea area of Hong Kong (including Victoria Harbour): 1652.21 km².
Climate: tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall
Average temperature: 23 degree C
Average annual precipitation: 2,214 mm
See also: Climate of Hong Kong
Terrain: hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: South China Sea, 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan, 958 m, in the New Territories
Principal peaks of Hong Kong:
- Tai Mo Shan - 958 m
- Lantau Peak (Fung Wong Shan) - 934 m, on Lantau Island
- Sunset Peak (Tai Tung Shan) - 869 m, on Lantau Island
- Ma On Shan - 702 m
- Wong Leng - 639 m
- Kowloon Peak (Fei Ngo Shan) - 602 m
- Castle Peak - 583 m
- Tate's Cairn (Tai Lo Shan) - 577 m
- Kai Kung Leng - 572 m
- Tai To Yan - 566 m
- Victoria Peak - 552 m, on Hong Kong Island
- Needle Hill - 532 m
- Mount Parker - 532 m
- Lion Rock - 495 m
- High West - 494 m
- Sharp Peak (Nam She Tsim) - 468 m
- Beacon Hill - 457 m
- Violet Hill - 433 m
- High Junk Peak (Tiu Yue Yung) - 344 m
Natural resources: outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar
Land use:
arable land: 6%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 1%
forests and woodland: 20%
other: 72% (1997 est.)
Irrigated land: 20 km² (1997 est.)
Natural hazards: occasional typhoons
Environment - current issues: air and water pollution from rapid urbanization
See also: Ecology of Hong Kong
Geography - note: 235 islands including Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island, Peng Chau and Tsing Yi.
See also
- Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Country Parks & Special Areas
- Beaches of Hong Kong
- Shing Mun River
- List of buildings, sites and areas in Hong Kong
- Geography of China
External link
- The Lands Department of the Governement of Hong Kong (http://www.info.gov.hk/landsd/index.htm)
Categories: Geography by country | Hong Kong