Shek Pai Wan

For the bay in Macau with the same Chinese name, see Seac Pai Van.

Shek Pai Wan
Shek Pai Wan in 2015
Traditional Chinese石排灣
Simplified Chinese石排湾
Literal meaningStone Row Bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShípáiwān
Wade–GilesShih-pai-wan
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSehk pàaih wāan
JyutpingSek6 paai4 waan1 or waan4

Shek Pai Wan or Aberdeen Bay is a bay between Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island and Ap Lei Chau (formerly Aberdeen Island). Its name was formerly romanized as Shekpywan.[1] The bay is one of the traditional fishery ports because the hills on two sides forms a nature shelter. The whole bay is zoned as the Aberdeen West Typhoon Shelter.

Currently, Shek Pai Wan usually refers to Shek Pai Wan Estate, a public housing estate in Aberdeen.

  1. ^ "Hong-Kong", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. XII (9th ed.), 1878, pp. 141–2.