Fan Lau Fort

Fan Lau Fort
Native name
分流炮台 (Chinese)
Fan Lau Fort
LocationFan Lau, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Built1729
Designated13 November 1981
Reference no.11
Fan Lau Fort
Traditional Chinese分流炮台
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFān làuh paau tòih
JyutpingFan1 lau4 paau3 toi4
The Fan Lau Fort (bottom left) and its surroundings.

Fan Lau Fort is a former military fortification located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after the eponymous peninsula it is situated on, it was built in 1729 during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, a hundred and twelve years before the British took possession of Hong Kong. Abandoned in 1898, it became a declared monument of Hong Kong in 1981.