Double Island, Hong Kong

Island in the north-eastern part of Hong Kong

Location of Double Island in Hong Kong View of Wong Wai Sai Teng (往灣西頂), a 136m high hill on Wong Wan Chau, from across Wong Wan (往灣) bay. Beach at Tung Wan (東灣; 'East Bay') of Double Island. Coast of Double Island at Tung Wan (東灣; 'East Bay').

Double Island or Wong Wan Chau (Chinese: 往灣洲) is an island located in the north-eastern part of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of North District.

## Geography

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Double Island has an area of 2.13 km².[1] It is the second largest island in North District, the largest being Crooked Island. Its highest point is at 139 m.[2] Its western coast is facing Double Haven.

Wong Wan (往灣) is a bay of Double Island. It is one of the 26 designated marine fish culture zones in Hong Kong.[3]

## Conservation

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Double Island became part of the Plover Cove (Extension) Country Park in 1979.[4]

## Facilities

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* Outward Bound Hong Kong Adventure Base

## History

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### Typhoon of 1858

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It is wrongly suggested that it was the Double Island in Hong Kong's Double Haven (Yan Chau Tong, 印洲塘) where the September Typhoon of 1858 destroyed several well-known opium clippers, including the Anonyma, Gazelle, Pantaloon, and Mazeppa. Basil Lubbock's The Opium Clippers, cited in the original entry, is quite clear (p.347) that the Double Island in question was that at what was then called Swatow (today Shantou). The island is one of two that lie in the entrance to the river at Shantou and is the inner one, then called Masu. Today it is called Mayu (媽嶼島). For corroboration see Mayers & Dennys,[5] for the identity of Double Island. For the typhoon and the damage to the vessels, The Courier (Hobart, Tasmania), 22 December 1858, p.3 for a report of Mr Midwood, of the Commissariat service, resident on Double Island during the typhoon.

## See also

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* Islands portal

* Mirs Bay

## References

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1. ^ Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department: Hong Kong geographic data sheet
2. ^ "K.W. Lai, S.D.G. Campbell & R. Shaw, Geology of the Northeastern New Territories, p. 15, Civil Engineering Dept, Geotechnical Engineering Office, December 1996" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
3. ^ "Marine fish culture, pond fish culture and oyster culture". Fisheries Branch. Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
4. ^ Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: Plover Cove Country Park
5. ^ William Frederick Mayers and Nicholas Belfield Dennys, The Treaty Ports of China and Japan (Hong Kong: Shortrede, 1867), p.236

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North District, Hong Kong

History|

* Death of Luo Changqing

Areas|

* Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town
* Fanling
* Sheung Shui
* Public housing estates in Fanling
* Public housing estates in Sheung Shui
* Wo Hop Shek
* Kam Tsin
* Lo Wu
* Man Kam To
* Sha Tau Kok
* Ta Kwu Ling
* Ping Che

Landmarks|

* Fanling Wai
* Fung Ying Seen Koon
* Hong Kong Golf Club
* Fanling Lodge
* Lo Wu Bridge
* Lo Wu Correctional Institution
* Sandy Ridge Cemetery
* Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall
* Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery
* Gallant Garden

Border crossings|

* Lo Wu
* Man Kam To
* Sha Tau Kok

MTR stations|

* Fanling
* Sheung Shui
* Lo Wu

Islands|

* A Chau
* Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai
* Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai
* Ap Chau (Robinson Island)
* Ap Lo Chun
* Ap Tan Pai
* Ap Tau Pai
* Chap Mo Chau
* Cheung Shek Tsui
* Fu Wong Chau
* Fun Chau
* Hung Pai
* Kat O Chau (Crooked Island)
* Ko Pai
* Kok Tai Pai
* Lan Shuen Pei
* Lo Chi Pai
* Ngo Mei Chau (Crescent Island)
* Pak Ka Chau
* Pak Sha Chau (Round Island)
* Pat Ka Chau
* Sai Ap Chau
* Sha Pai
* Shau Kei Pai
* Sheung Pai
* Shui Cham Tsui Pai
* Siu Nim Chau
* Ta Ho Pai
* Tai Nim Chau
* Tsing Chau
* Wong Nai Chau
* Wong Nai Chau
* Wong Wan Chau (Double Island)
* Wu Chau
* Wu Pai
* Wu Yeung Chau Pai
* Yan Chau
* Yeung Chau

Education|

* Fanling Public School
* Sheung Shui Government Secondary School
* Tin Ka Ping Secondary School
* TWGH Kap Yan Directors' College
* TWGH Li Ka Shing College

This list is incomplete.

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Major islands of Hong Kong

By area|

* Lantau Island
* Hong Kong Island
* Lamma Island
* Chek Lap Kok
* Tsing Yi
* Kau Sai Chau
* Leung Shuen Wan
* Po Toi Islands
* Po Toi
* Waglan
* Cheung Chau
* Tung Lung Chau
* Crooked Island
* Double Island
* Hei Ling Chau
* Ap Lei Chau
* Soko Islands
* Tai A Chau
* Siu A Chau
* Ping Chau
* Peng Chau
* Ma Wan
* Ninepin Group
* Tap Mun
* The Brothers
* Green Island
* Centre Island, Hong Kong
* Kowloon Rock

Former islands|

* Kellett Island
* Stonecutters Island
* Hoi Sham Island
* Channel Rock
* Pillar Island
* Mong Chau
* Chau Tsai
* Nga Ying Chau
* Lam Chau
* Rumsey Rock
* High Island
* Yuen Chau Tsai

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