Kowloon Peak

Kowloon Peak
飛鵝山
View of Kowloon Peak
Highest point
Elevation602 m (1,975 ft)
Hong Kong Principal Datum Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates22°20′27.16″N 114°13′23.64″E / 22.3408778°N 114.2232333°E / 22.3408778; 114.2232333
Geography
Kowloon Peak is located in Hong Kong
Kowloon Peak
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 YaleFēi ngòh shāan
Literal meaningSoaring Goose Mountain
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFēié Shān
Hakka
RomanizationFei1 Ngo2 San1 / Fei Ngo4 San1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFēi ngòh shāan
JyutpingFei1 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.

  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. ^ "DCCA/2000/H" (PDF).