Soko Islands

Soko Islands
索罟群島
View of the Soko Islands from Tian Tan Buddha. The hills in the foreground are part of Lantau Island.
Map
Geography
LocationSouthwest of Lantau Island
Coordinates22°10′26.0394″N 113°54′39.6″E / 22.173899833°N 113.911000°E / 22.173899833; 113.911000
ArchipelagoSoko Islands
Total islands11
Major islandsTai A Chau, Siu A Chau
Administration
DistrictIslands District
Soko Islands
Traditional Chinese索罟群島
Simplified Chinese索罟群岛
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSuǒgǔ Qúndǎo
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSok gú kwàhn dóu
JyutpingSok3 gu2 kwan4 dou2
Aerial view of Siu A Chau looking towards the South coast of Lantau Island.
Tin Hau Temple on Tai A Chau.

The Soko Islands (Chinese: 索罟群島) are a group of islands in Hong Kong. The group consists of Tai A Chau, Siu A Chau and several smaller nearby islands, in the southwesternmost waters of the territory, to the southwest of Lantau Island.

An older name for this island group was "Sok Kwu Kwan To" (Fishing Net Islands).[1]

The islands are mainly composed of granite and a band of rhyodacite. Waters of the island group are brackish due to being in the Pearl River estuary.[2]

  1. ^ Strickland, John (1 June 2010). Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 205–208. ISBN 978-988-8028-38-2.
  2. ^ Owen, Bernie; Shaw, Raynor (1 October 2007). Hong Kong Landscapes: Shaping the Barren Rock. Hong Kong University Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-962-209-847-3.