| Mount Davis | |
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| 摩星嶺 | |
 A view of Mount Davis from High West | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 269 m (883 ft) |
| Coordinates | 22.277028°N 114.124789°E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Davis Location on  Hong Kong Island | |
| Location | Hong Kong |
| Mount Davis, Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 摩星嶺 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 摩星岭 | ||||||||||||
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Mount Davis (Chinese: 摩星嶺) or Mo Sing Leng is an area surrounding and including the westernmost hill on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is 269m tall. Home to mostly luxury residences, Mount Davis was originally settled after the construction of Victoria Road by prominent Hong Kong families who were unable to live on Peak due to the zoning restriction in Peak District Reservation Ordinance, 1904.[1]
It is named after Sir John Francis Davis, who was the 2nd governor of Hong Kong, from 1844 to 1848.
The summit is reached via Mount Davis Path, which comes off Mount Davis Road and Victoria Road.[2]
- ^ http://webb-site.com/codocs/HillDistrictReservationOrdinance.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Wan li bian tu zu.; 萬里編圖組. (2002), 2003 Xianggang quan jing duo gong neng jie dao tu = 2003 Hong Kong city guide, Lin, Cong., 林叢., Wan li ji gou, Wan li shu dian, ISBN 9621425379, OCLC 52309969