Tai Tam Country Park
Country park in the Tai Tam area in Hong Kong Island
Tai Tam Country Park (Chinese: 大潭郊野公園; Jyutping: daai6 taam4 gaau1 je5 gung1 jyun4) is a country park in the Tai Tam area in the south end of Hong Kong Island. At 1,315 hectares (3,250 acres), the park consists of one fifth of Hong Kong Island's land mass.[1] During World War II, the Japanese encountered strong resistance from British defence forces here. So that the park preserves bloody memories from that period.[2]
The park was designated in 1977 with attractions like:
- Jardine's Lookout
- Tai Tam Upper Reservoir
- Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
- Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir
- Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir
- Tai Tam Forts
- Mount Parker, the second highest peak (531 m (1,742 ft)) on Hong Kong Island
- Mount Butler
Granite rocks in the north and volcanic rocks in the south form the geological composition of this area.[3]
Another country park adjacent to it, named Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension), was designated in 1979.
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Main borders and locations
- Aberdeen
- Cape D'Aguilar
- Nam Long Shan
- Pok Fu Lam
- Repulse Bay
- Sandy Bay
- Shek O
- Stanley
- Tai Tam
- Wong Chuk Hang
- Canadian International School of Hong Kong
- Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired
- German Swiss International School Pok Fu Lam Campus
- Hong Kong International School
- Hong Kong True Light College
- Kellett School Pok Fu Lam Campus
- Sacred Heart Canossian College
- Singapore International School
- St Stephen's College
- South Island School
- West Island School
- Aberdeen Country Park
- Béthanie
- Central Ordnance Munitions Depot
- Cyberport
- D'Aguilar Peak
- The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay
- Grantham Hospital
- Holy Spirit Seminary
- Hong Kong Parkview
- Kwun Yam Shrine
- Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery
- Middle Bay
- Murray House
- Ocean Park Hong Kong
- Queen Mary Hospital
- Pok Fu Lam Country Park
- The Pulse
- The Repulse Bay
- Shek O Country Park
- Shouson Hill
- South Horizons
- Stanley Military Cemetery
- Stanley Prison
- Tai Tam Country Park
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- Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island)
- Ap Lei Pai
- Kau Pei Chau
- Magazine Island
- Middle Island (Tong Po Chau)
- Tai Tau Chau
22°15′25″N 114°12′09″E / 22.25701°N 114.20262°E / 22.25701; 114.20262
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