Round Island, Hong Kong

Island in Hong Kong

For other uses, see Round Island.

Round Island

Native name:

Round Island

Round Island

Geography
Location| Southern District
Coordinates| 22°12′57″N 114°11′09″E﻿ / ﻿22.21588°N 114.18577°E﻿ / 22.21588; 114.18577
Area| 0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)
Administration

Hong Kong

Districts| Southern District

Round Island or Ngan Chau (Chinese: 銀洲) is an island in Hong Kong.[1] Administratively part of the Southern District, the island has an area of 0.17 km2. An unmanned navigational beacon was constructed on the island in 1972.

## Geology

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Round Island has a hilly terrain. The island's highest point is 49 metres over the sea. It stretches 0.6 km in north–south direction, and 0.5 km in east–west direction.

## Climate

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The climate in the area is temperate. The yearly mean temperature in the region is 21 °C. The warmest month is August, when the mean temperature is 24 °C, and the coldest is February at 16 °C.[2] The average yearly precipitation is 2150 mm. The rainiest month is May, with in average 538 mm precipitation, and the driest month is October, with 18 mm precipitation.[3]

Round Island

Climate chart (explanation)

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Source: [2]
| Imperial conversion

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## References

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* Islands portal

1. ^ Round Island at Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2014-11-05; database dump downloaded 2015-05-23
2. ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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