Kowloon Peak

Mountain in Kowloon, Hong Kong

Kowloon Peak

飛鵝山

View of Kowloon Peak

Highest point
Elevation| 602 m (1,975 ft)
HKPD
Coordinates| 22°20′27.16″N 114°13′23.64″E﻿ / ﻿22.3408778°N 114.2232333°E﻿ / 22.3408778; 114.2232333
Geography

Kowloon Peak

Location of Kowloon Peak in Hong Kong

Location|  Hong Kong
Kowloon Peak

Traditional Chinese| 飛鵝山
Simplified Chinese| 飞鹅山
Cantonese Yale| Fēi ngòh shāan
Literal meaning| Soaring Goose Mountain
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Fēié Shān
Hakka
Romanization| Fei1 Ngo2 San1 / Fei Ngo4 San1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Fēi ngòh shāan
Jyutping| Fei1 ngo4 saan1

Kowloon Peak,[1] also known as Fei Ngo Shan (literally: "Soaring Goose Mountain", Chinese: 飛鵝山), is a 1,975-foot-tall (602 m) mountain in the northeast corner of New Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in Ma On Shan Country Park.[2] With the summit located just to the east of the border between Wong Tai Sin and Sai Kung districts,[3] it is the tallest mountain in Kowloon, and is crossed by both the Wilson Trail and the MacLehose Trail.

On the lower slopes of Tung Yeung Shan about 1.1 miles (1.8 kilometres) to the north is the Gilwell Campsite, belonging to The Scout Association.

## Geography

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Kowloon Peak has a steep slope facing south towards northwestern Kowloon,[clarify] while having a relatively smooth curve towards the east and west. The peak connects with Middle Hill (象山), known also as Cheung Shan, and Tung Shan (東山) in the north,[3] forming a ridge of mountains.[4] Despite being in an easily accessible location by car and walks, there are occasional sighting reports of Burmese pythons,[5] East Asian porcupines,[6] red muntjacs[7] and wild boars.[8]

## Geology

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Kowloon Peak consists mainly of volcanic rocks (many of which are tuffs), and blocks of granite at the base of the mountain.[4]

A Hong Kong Geographical Map showing the types of rocks there. Kowloon Peak is in between the red and green areas, which shows it consists of volcanic and granitic rocks. Kowloon Peak and Kwun Tong from Hong Kong Island in December 2006.

## Hiking and access

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There are several paths from Jat's Incline and Fei Ngo Shan Road [yue] that lead to the summit. One of Hong Kong's most treacherous and dangerous climbs is the rock climb from Clear Water Bay Road to Kowloon Peak's summit through Suicide Cliff.

Suicide Cliff is not necessarily a place where people commit suicide, but it is such named most likely because the climb is so treacherous, it is akin to committing suicide. The hike has also seen numerous injuries and fatalities.[9][10][11] In one instance, two Chinese tourists ran into trouble on Kowloon Peak's Suicide Cliff and caused an extensive rescue operation involving 160 firefighters.[12]

For casual hikers, choosing the easiest path to the summit through Fei Ngo Shan Road is recommendable.

Suicide Cliff, Kowloon Peak in October 2017. No barrier fencing means a slip could result in fatalityKowloon Peak in the mist viewed from the Razor Hill Ridge in December 2020

## See also

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* List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong
* Eight Mountains of Kowloon

22°20′29″N 114°13′24″E﻿ / ﻿22.34139°N 114.22333°E﻿ / 22.34139; 114.22333

## References

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1. ^ "GeoInfo Map．Map of Hong Kong provided by HKSARG". www.map.gov.hk. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
2. ^ "飛鵝山 Fei Ngo Shan/ Kowloon Peak". www.hiking.com.hk. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
3. ^ a b "DCCA/2000/H" (PDF).
4. ^ a b Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2006-10-17). Central Ridge and West (in English and Chinese). Hong Kong: Cosmos Books Limited. p. 57\. ISBN 9882113273.
5. ^ "Burmese Python – Python bivitattus". HongKongSnakeID.com. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
6. ^ Wildcreatures (2018-03-19). "Mammals: Porcupine". WildcreaturesHK. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
7. ^ Dewolf, Christopher (2020-12-15). "Hong Kong's Wild Animals, Part III: Barking Deer". Zolima City Magazine. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
8. ^ "Wild Pig Nuisance". www.afcd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
9. ^ "Hiker dies after falling down steep slope in Hong Kong country park". South China Morning Post via sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
10. ^ "Another hiker killed". The Standard. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
11. ^ "6 girls rescued at Kowloon Peak after getting lost on hike since yesterday". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.[dead link]
12. ^ "Hikers underestimate danger of 'suicide cliff' in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2019-10-26.

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List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong (more than 300 peaks)

900 metres or more|

* Tai Mo Shan
* Lantau Peak

800 to 899 metres|

* Sunset Peak

700 to 799 metres|

* Sze Fong Shan
* Wo Yeung Shan
* Lin Fa Shan (Lantau)
* Miu Ko Toi
* Nei Lak Shan
* Yi Tung Shan
* Ap Kuk Lek
* Sam Shan Toi
* Ma On Shan

600 to 699 metres|

* The Hunch Backs
* Yin Ngam Teng
* Wo Tong Kong
* Grassy Hill
* Wong Leng
* Buffalo Hill
* West Buffalo Hill
* Kowloon Peak

500 to 599 metres|

* Shun Yeung Fung
* Tiu Shau Ngam
* Chau Ma Kong
* Middle Hill
* Lo Tin Teng
* Kai Kung Leng (Lam Tsuen)
* Castle Peak
* Lin Fa Shan (Tsuen Wan)
* Tate's Cairn
* Tai To Yan
* Wong Chuk Shan
* Victoria Peak
* Kwun Yam Shan (Yuen Long)
* Lai Pek Shan
* Tung Shan
* Chung Li Fung
* Shek Nga Shan
* Kau Nga Ling
* Pyramid Hill
* Tung Yeung Shan
* Needle Hill
* Mount Parker
* Kao Lao Fung
* Kuai Li Fung
* Pok To Yan
* Fu Yung Pit
* Hsien Ku Fung
* Sheung Tsz Fung
* Tsao Kau Fung
* Pak Tai To Yan
* Kau Keng Shan
* Mount Kellett

400 to 499 metres
(excerpt)|

* Lion Rock
* High West
* Sze Tsz Tau Shan
* Robin's Nest
* Ling Wui Shan
* Choi Wo Fung
* Hung Fa Chai
* Temple Hill
* Kwai Tau Leng
* Por Kai Shan
* Shek Uk Shan
* Muk Yue Shan
* Mount Gough
* Shek Lung Kung
* Sharp Peak
* Tai Hom Sham
* Wo Sheung Tung
* Lo Fu Tau
* Tin Fu Tsai Shan
* Keung Shan
* Beacon Hill
* Ngam Tau Shan
* Cheung Shan (Lantau Island)
* Cheung Yan Shan
* Cloudy Hill
* Mount Cameron
* Unicorn Ridge
* Mount Butler
* Kwun Yam Shan (Lantau)
* Violet Hill
* Jardine's Lookout
* Razor Hill
* Mount Nicholson
* Sham Hang Lek
* Middle Kau Nga Ling
* Siu Ma Shan
* Ngau Yee Shek Shan
* Tiu Tang Lung
* Luk Chau Shan
* Tai Cham Koi
* Luk Shan

300 to 399 metres
(excerpt)|

* Tai Sheung Tok
* Kai Kung Shan (Sai Kung)
* Kau To Shan
* Turret Hill
* Hebe Hill
* Wa Mei Shan
* The Twins South
* Lui Ta Shek
* Lau Fa Tung
* Yuen Tau Shan
* Nga Ying Shan
* Sugar Loaf Peak
* Kai Kung Shan (Lam Tsuen)
* Mount Hallowes
* Tai Mun Shan
* Golden Hill
* Fan Kei Tok
* Tin Mei Shan
* The Twins North
* Bird's Hill
* Cham Tin Shan
* Mount Stenhouse
* Mount Collinson
* Lower Hebe Hill
* High Junk Peak
* Cheung Lin Shan
* Shek Sze Shan
* Tsim Fung Shan
* Smuggler's Ridge
* Tsing Yi Peak
* Miu Tsai Tun
* D'Aguilar Peak
* Wo Liu Tun
* Sze Shan
* Tai Tun
* Sai Wan Shan (Sai Kung)
* Pottinger Peak
* Kwai Au Shan
* Eagle's Nest
* Black Hill
* Kwun Yam Tung
* Lo Yan Shan
* Tai Che Tung
* Tap Chai Shan

200 to 299 metres
(excerpt)|

* Tung Wan Shan
* Kung Um Shan
* Ma Tau Fung
* Tit Sze Kou
* Tai Leng Tung
* Tai Shan
* Brick Hill
* Shek O Peak
* Tai She Teng
* Tai Ngau Wu Teng
* Tin Ha Shan
* Fa Ping Teng
* Mount Davis
* Wan Cham Shan
* Ngau Wu Tun
* Kei Lak Chai
* Lung Fu Shan
* Ngo Sei Kai
* Sheung Yeung Shan
* Kwai Shan
* Ling Kok Shan
* Chiu Keng Wan Shan
* Tin Wan Shan
* Mau Wu Shan
* Bennet's Hill
* Tung Tau Teng
* Wang Tau Tun
* Nam Tong Teng
* Hung Heung Lo Fung
* Tai Yue Ngam Teng
* Piper's Hill
* Devil’s Peak
* Cheung Ngau Shan
* Kei Lun Shan
* San Sin Tseng Shan
* Tiu Chung Tai Shan
* Ping Tok Hang Shan
* Fa Shan
* Pai Tau Tun
* Cheung Ngau Shan
* Braemar Hill
* Boa Vista
* Pak Kok Shan

100 to 199 metres
(excerpt)|

* Sai Wan Shan (Chai Wan)
* Mount Johnston
* Crow's Nest
* Ping Shan
* Tai Yam Teng
* Shum Wan Shan
* Sha Tin Heights
* Cheung Shan (North District)
* Obelisk Hill
* Hammer Hill
* Cheung Shan (Sai Kung)
* Tai Ling (North District)
* Ho Hok Shan
* Fake Yuk Kwai Shan
* Siu Lam Hill
* Shouson Hill
* Ngai Tau
* Red Hill
* To Fung Shan
* Po Keng Teng
* Chung Hom Shan
* Cheung Pai Tun
* Kai Shan
* Kai Kung Leng (Kat O)
* Por Lo Shan
* Hung Tang Shan
* Crest Hill
* Duckling Hill
* Red Light Hill

99 metres or less
(excerpt)|

* Checkerboard Hill
* Pak Fu Shan
* Finger Hill
* Wong Shek
* Garden Hill
* Woh Chai Shan
* Diamond Hill
* Scenic Hill
* Pak Hok Shan
* Fu Shan
* Lo Shue Leng
* Yuen Chau Kok
* Cha Kwo Ling
* Tai Tseng Shan
* Duke's Hill
* Ko Po Shan
* Chu Wong Ling
* King's Park Hill
* Signal Hill
* Crocodile Hill
* Kadoorie Hill
* Sai Shan
* Observatory Hill
* Lung Shan (Ngau Tau Kok)
* Hok Ngam Teng
* Leighton Hill
* Quarry Hill
* Hung Hom Hill
* Lo Lung Hang Hill
* Shan Pui Leng
* Pak Fa Leng
* Mount Parish
* Mount Shadwell
* Caroline Hill

Levelled (excerpt)|

* Sacred Hill
* Morrison Hill
* Tai Wan Shan

Collectively|

* Hong Kong Three Sharp Peaks
* Sai Kung Three Sharp Peaks
* Dragon's Back
* Eight Mountains of Kowloon
* Mini Pat Sin
* 4 Hills of Kowloon
* The Twins
* Pat Sin Leng
* Wong Leng
* Castle Peak Hinterland
* Four Guardian Beasts of Tai O
* Kai Kung Leng (Lam Tsuen)

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Urban areas of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories

MHong Kong1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16|

| Central and Western District2
(Central District2, Western District2)|

* Sai Wan (Kennedy Town13, Shek Tong Tsui13 and Sai Ying Pun13)
* The Peak13
* Mid-Levels13
* Sheung Wan13
* Central13 (Admiralty)

|

Wan Chai District2|

* Wan Chai13
* Causeway Bay13 (Tin Hau13)
* Tai Hang13
* So Kon Po
* Jardine's Lookout
* Happy Valley13

Eastern District2|

* North Point13
* Braemar Hill13
* Quarry Bay13
* Sai Wan Ho13
* Shau Kei Wan13
* Aldrich Bay
* Chai Wan
* Siu Sai Wan

Southern District|

* Pok Fu Lam13
* Waterfall Bay (Wah Fu)
* Aberdeen13(Tin Wan13 and Shek Pai Wan13)
* Ap Lei Chau
* Wong Chuk Hang
* Shouson Hill
* Deep Water Bay
* Repulse Bay
* Chung Hom Kok
* Stanley13
* Tai Tam
* Shek O13
* Cape D'Aguilar

MOld KowloonKL,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16|

| Yau Tsim Mong District|

* Tai Kok Tsui13
* Mong Kok (Prince Edward)
* Yau Ma Tei (Jordan)
* King's Park
* Tsim Sha Tsui13 (Jordan)
* West Kowloon

|

Sham Shui Po District|

* Stonecutters Island

Kowloon City District|

* Ma Tau Wai
* Ma Tau Kok
* To Kwa Wan
* Ho Man Tin
* Hung Hom13

MNew KowloonNKL,2,3,4,5,6,7,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16|

| Sham Shui Po District8|

* Lai Chi Kok
* Cheung Sha Wan
* Sham Shui Po
* So Uk
* West Kowloon
* Shek Kip Mei
* Tai Wo Ping
* Yau Yat Tsuen

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Kowloon City District8|

* Kowloon City
* Kowloon Tong (Beacon Hill)
* Kai Tak

Wong Tai Sin District8|

* Wong Tai Sin
* Wang Tau Hom (Lok Fu)
* Tsz Wan Shan
* Diamond Hill
* San Po Kong
* Ngau Chi Wan
* Hammer Hill

Kwun Tong District|

* Kwun Tong8
* Ngau Tau Kok8
* Kowloon Bay8
* Jordan Valley8
* Sau Mau Ping8 (Except Shun Lee Estate) (Anderson8)
* Lam Tin8
* Cha Kwo Ling8
* Yau Tong8
* Lei Yue Mun8

New Territories|

| MKwai Tsing District6,7,9b,10,11,14|

* Kwai Chung (Sheung Kwai Chung, Chung Kwai Chung and Ha Kwai Chung)8
* Tsing Yi8 (Except Tsing Yi Station)
* Stonecutters Island8

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MTsuen Wan District6,7,9b,10,11,14
(Except Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula
on Lantau Island)|

* Tsuen Wan8 (Except Chuen Lung North and Tsuen Wan Station)
* Chai Wan Kok8
* Yau Kom Tau8
* Ting Kau8 (Except west of Ting Kau Interchange)
* Sham Tseng
* Tsing Lung Tau
* Ma Wan8
* Lei Muk Shue8

Sha Tin District9b,10|

* Sha Tin8
* Tai Wai8
* Shatin Heights8
* Sha Tin Tau8
* Sha Tin Wai8
* Yuen Chau Kok8 (Except Prince of Wales Hospital)
* Shek Mun8
* Siu Lek Yuen8
* Fo Tan8 (Except Sha Tin Racecourse)
* Kau To Shan8 (Except Lai Ping Road)
* Ma Liu Shui
* A Kung Kok8
* Ma On Shan
* Wu Kai Sha

Sai Kung District15|

* Tseung Kwan O New Town9b,11,12
* Ma Yau Tong8,16
* Po Lam8
* Tsui Lam8
* Hang Hau8 (Except Hang Hau Station and A&E of Tseung Kwan O Hospital)
* Tseung Kwan O8
* Tiu Keng Leng8
* Pak Shing Kok8 (Except Wan Po Road)
* Siu Chik Sha8 (Except Wan Po Road and Shek Kok Road)
* Tai Chik Sha8
* Fat Tong O7,8
* Fei Ngo Shan8,16
* Tai Sheung Tok8,9a (Anderson8,9a)

Islands District11,14,15
(Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula
of Tsuen Wan District included)|

* Tung Chung New Town9b

Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" of Lands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" of Rating and Valuation Department.
M：Narrow meaning of urban areas
KL: Kowloon Peninsula at the south of Boundary Street
NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south of Lion Rock
1: Common definition (1)
2: Common definition (2)
3: Common definition (3)
4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right of indigenous inhabitants
5: Jurisdiction area of former Urban Council
6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" of Planning Department
7: Jurisdiction area of Urban Renewal Authority
8: Unique operating area of urban taxis
9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined by Hong Kong Housing Authority
10: Definition of Urban rates
11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
13: Regions having 999-year land lease
14: Geographical Constituency in Hong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
15: Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
16: Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon

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