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The following is a list of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong:

'Shan' (山) and 'leng' (嶺) are the transliterations of the Cantonese words for 'mount' and 'ridge' respectively. 'Toi', 'Kong', 'Fung' and 'Koi' also correspond to 'Mount' in English; 'Teng' corresponds to 'peak' in English.

Highest peaks of Hong Kong

Rank	Name (Shan=mountain)	Height (m)	Country park	Location	Notes
1	Tai Mo Shan	957	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories
2	Lantau Peak (Fung Wong Shan)	934	Lantau South Country Park	Centre Lantau Island	Highest publicly accessible summit.
3	Sunset Peak (Tai Tung Shan)	869	Lantau South Country Park	Southern Lantau Island
4	Sze Fong Shan	785	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories
5	Wo Yang Shan	771	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories
6	Lin Fa Shan	766	Lantau North Country Park	Centre Lantau Island
7	Miu Gou Toi	765	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories	Second highest peak on Tai Mo Shan[1]
8	Nei Lak Shan	754	Lantau North Country Park	Southern Lantau Island
9	Yi Tung Shan	749	Lantau North Country Park	Eastern Lantau Island
10=	Wo Tong Gong	702	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories	[2]
10=	Ma On Shan	702	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories
12	The Hunch Backs (Ngau Ngak Shan)	677	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories
13	Yin Ngam Deng	660*	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories
14	Grassy Hill	647	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories
15	Wong Leng	639	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories
16	Buffalo Hill	606	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories
17	West Buffalo Hill	604	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories
18	Kowloon Peak (Fei Ngo Shan)	602	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern Kowloon
19	Shun Yeung Fung	591	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng.
20=	Tiu Shau Ngam	588	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories
20=	Jau Ma Gong	588	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories
22=	Jeung Shan	585	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern Kowloon
22=	Kai Kung Ling	585	Lam Tsuen Country Park	Northwestern New Territories
22=	Lo Tin Deng	585	Lam Tsuen Country Park	Northwestern New Territories
25	Castle Peak	583	None	Western New Territories west of Tuen Mun	Also known as Ching Shan or Pui To Shan
26	Lin Fa Shan, Tsuen Wan	579	Tai Lam Country Park	Tsuen Wan District
27	Tate's Cairn	577	Ma On Shan Country Park	Northeastern Kowloon	Also known as Tai Lo Shan.
28	Tai Lo Tin	572	Lam Tsuen Country Park	Northwestern New Territories
29	Tai To Yan	566	Lam Tsuen Country Park	Northwestern New Territories
30	Wong Juk Shan	560	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories
31	Victoria Peak	552	Pok Fu Lam Country Park	Hong Kong Island	Named for British monarch Queen Victoria; also known as Mount Austin (named for former Colonial Secretary John Gardiner Austin), and locally as The Peak.
32	Lai Pek Shan	550	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories
33	Kwun Yum Shan	546	Tai Mo Shan Country Park	Centre New Territories
34	Tung Shan	544	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern Kowloon
35	Chung Li Fung	543	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng.
36	Shek Nga Shan	540	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories
37	Kau Nga Ling	539	Lantau South Country Park	Southern Lantau Island
38	Pyramid Hill	536	Ma On Shan Country Park	Eastern New Territories	Also known as Tai Kam Chung.
39	Tung Yeung Shan	533	Ma On Shan Country Park	Northeastern Kowloon
40=	Needle Hill	532	Shing Mun Country Park	Centre New Territories	Also known as Cham Shan.
40=	Mount Parker	532	Tai Tam Country Park	Hong Kong Island
42=	Kao Lao Fung	530	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng.
42=	Kuai Li Fung	530	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng.
44	Po To Yan	529	Lantau South Country Park	Southern Lantau Island
45=	Fu Yung Pit	514	Ma On Shan Country Park	Northeastern Kowloon
45=	Hsien Ku Fung	514	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng
47=	Sheung Tsz Fung	510	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng
47=	Tsao Kau Fung	510	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng
49	Pak Tai To Yan	509	Lam Tsuen Country Park	Northwestern New Territories
50	Kau Keng Shan	507	Tai Lam Country Park	Western New Territories
51	Mount Kellett	501	Aberdeen Country Park	Hong Kong Island	named after British naval officer and explorer Henry Kellett
52	Lion Rock	495	Lion Rock Country Park	Northern Kowloon
53	High West	494	Pok Fu Lam Country Park	Hong Kong Island
54	Sze Tse Tau Shan	494	Lantau South Country Park	Southern Lantau Island
55	Robin's Nest	492	None	Northern New Territories	Also known as Hung Fa Leng.
56=	Ling Wui Shan	490	Lantau South Country Park	Lantau Island
56=	Choi Wo Fung	490	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories	Part of Pat Sin Leng.
58	Hung Fa Chai	489	None	Northeastern New Territories	Also known on old Admiralty charts as Ben Nevis.
59	Temple Hill	488	None	Northeastern Kowloon	Also known as Tsz Wan Shan.
54	Kwai Tau Leng	486	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Northeastern New Territories
55	Por Kai Shan	482	Lantau North Country Park	southeast of Tung Chung and facing Urmston Road
56	Shek Uk Shan	481	Sai Kung West Country Park	Sai Kung, New Territories
57=	Muk Yue Shan	479	Lantau North Country Park on Lantau Island	north side of Shek Pik Reservoir
57=	Mount Gough	479		Hong Kong Island east of Victoria Peak and north of Aberdeen Country Park	Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, British Commander-in-Chief, China and Commander-in-Chief, India
59	Shek Lung Kung	473	Tai Lam Country Park	near Ting Kau and south of Hoi Pui Reservoir
60	Sharp Peak (Nam She Tsim)	468	Sai Kung East Country Park
61	Tai Hom Sham	466	Lantau South Country Park
62	Lo Fu Tau	465	Lantau North Country Park
63	Tin Fu Tsai Shan	461	Tai Lam Country Park	near Ting Kau
64	Keung Shan	459	Lantau South Country Park	north of Tai Long Wan Tsuen
65	Beacon Hill	457	Lion Rock Country Park
66	Ngam Tau Shan	451	Sai Kung West Country Park
67	Cheung Shan	449	on Lantau Island
68	Cheung Yan Shan	443	on Lantau Island
69	Cloudy Hill (Kau Lung Hang Shan)	440	Pat Sin Leng Country Park	Central New Territories, north of Hong Lok Yuen and Tai Po Industrial Estate
70	Mount Cameron	439	Aberdeen Country Park		likely named for Major General William Gordon Cameron, British Army officer and former Administrator of Hong Kong
71	Unicorn Ridge	437	Lion Rock Country Park	line of mountains dividing Sha Tin from Kowloon
72	Mount Butler	436	Tai Tam Country Park on Hong Kong Island
73	Kwun Yam Shan	434		on Lantau Island
74	Violet Hill (Tsz Lo Lan Shan)	433	on Hong Kong Island
75	Jardine's Lookout	433	on Hong Kong Island		named for British hong William Jardine (Jardine Matheson)
76	Razor Hill (Che Kwu Shan)	432		near Pik Uk, Ta Ku Ling, Tseung Kwan O, and Tai Po Tsai
77	Mount Nicholson	430	on Hong Kong Island
78	Sham Hang Lek	430	on Lantau Island
79	Middle Kau Nga Ling	428	on Lantau Island
80	Siu Ma Shan	424	on Hong Kong Island
81	Ngau Yee Shek Shan	422 m	Sai Kung West Country Park
82	Tiu Tang Lung	416 m	Plover Cove Country Park
83	Tai Cham Koi	408 m	Sai Kung East Country Park	north of High Island Reservoir
84	Luk Shan	407 m		near Sai Kung
85=	Tai Sheung Tok	399 m[3]	Ma On Shan Country Park	near Ngau Chi Wan
85=	Kai Kung Shan	399 m	Sai Kung West Country Park
85=	Kau To Shan (Cove Hill)	399 m		east of Shing Mun Country Park and south of Tai Po Kau in Sha Tin
85=	Nui Po Shan (Turret Hill)	399 m	Ma On Shan Country Park	near Sha Tin
89	Tsim Mei Fung	395 m	Ma On Shan Country Park
90	Gon Shan	394m
91	Fa Mei Shan	391 m		near Sai Kung
92	Wa Mei Shan	391 m	Sai Kung West Country Park
93	The Twins South	386	on Hong Kong Island
94	Lui Ta Shek	379 m	Sai Kung West Country Park
95	Lau Fa Tung	378	on Lantau Island
96	Yuen Tau Shan	375 m		near Tuen Mun
97	Nga Ying Shan	374	on Lantau Island
98	Kai Kung Shan	374 m	Lam Tsuen Country Park
100	Mount Hallowers (Tam Chai Shan)	372 m	Sai Kung West Country Park
101	Tai Mun Shan	370 m		near Big Wave Bay (aka. Tai Long Wan near Chek King on the Sai Kung Peninsula)
102	Golden Hill (Kam Shan)	369 m	Kam Shan Country Park
103	Fan Kei Tok	369 m	Plover Cove Country Park
104	Tin Mei Shan	366 m	Sai Kung East Country Park	northwest corner of High Island Reservoir
105	The Twins North	363	on Hong Kong Island
106	Bird's Hill (Lung Shan)	360 m		near Pat Sin Leng Country Park and near Kwan Tei Temple
107	Cham Tin Shan	356 m	Ma On Shan Country Park	north of Ngau Chi Wan
108	Mount Stenhouse (Shan Tel Tong)	353	on Lamma Island	likely named for Edinburgh suburb Stenhouse Village
109	Mount Collinson	348	on Hong Kong Island		Colonel Thomas Bernard Collinson , a Royal Engineers surveyor in Hong Kong (1821–1902)
110	Hebe Hill (Tsim Fung Shan)	346 m	Ma On Shan Country Park
111=	High Junk Peak (Tiu Yue Yung)	344 m	Clear Water Bay Country Park
111=	Cheung Lin Shan	344	on Hong Kong Island
113	Shek Sze Shan	340	on Lantau Island
114	Tsim Fung Shan	339		on Lantau Island
115=	Smuggler's Ridge	337 m	Kam Shan Country Park	part of Gin Drinker's Line
115=	Tai Lo Tin	337 m	Ma On Shan	near Tate' Cairn
117	Tsing Yi Peak (Sam Chi Heung)	334		on Tsing Yi Island
118	D'Aguilar Peak (Hok Tsui Shan)	325 m	Shek O Country Park	Shek O	British Army Major-General George Charles D'Aguilar, Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong
119	Wo Liu Tun	324		on Lantau Island
120	Sze Shan	322		on Lantau Island
121	Tai Tun	317 m	Sai Kung West Country Park
122	Sai Wan Shan	314 m	Sai Kung East Country Park	facing High Island Reservoir
123=	Pottinger Peak	312	on Hong Kong Island		Sir Henry Pottinger, first British Governor of Hong Kong (Chief of British Forces in Hong Kong) and East India Company Colonel
123=	Kwai Au Shan	312 m	Ma On Shan Country Park	south of Hebe Hill and north east of Ngau Tau Kok
125	Wang Leng	311 m		Wang Leng Island?
126	Eagle's Nest (Tsim Shan)	305 m	near Kam Shan Country Park
127=	Black Hill	304 m			located between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng facing Junk Bay; named for former administrator Major General Wilsone Black, British Army officer
127=	Kwun Yam Tung	304 m		faces Afternoon Bay in Cheung Chau
129	Lo Yan Shan	303	on Lantau Island
130=	Tai Che Tung	302	on Lantau Island
130=	Tap Chai Shan	302	on Lantau Island

Lesser Hills

There are numerous smaller hills that dot Hong Kong and some that have disappeared with re-development:

Name	Height (m)	Country park	Location	Notes
Amah Rock	15m	Lion Rock		Named after Mazu (goddess). Not a hill, but a rock at the top of a hill.
Mount Davis	269m		Kennedy Town	Named for John Francis Davis, former British Governor of Hong Kong
Chiu Keng Wan Shan (照鏡環山)	247m		Between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng
Devil's Peak	222m		Lei Yue Mun
Braemar Hill	< 200m		North Point
Leighton Hill	< 100m		Causeway Bay and Happy Valley
Morrison Hill	< 100m		Wan Chai	Named for John Robert Morrison, Chinese interpreter and British linguist and Colonial Secretary. The hill was levelled Praya at the time of the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s, which used its constituent rock/earth to reclaim land from the harbour, extending the shoreline away from the area.
Parish Hill			Causeway Bay and Happy Valley	named for Commodore John E. Parish, commander of China Station 1873-1876

Volcanoes

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• Tai Mo Shan
• Kwun Yam Shan, Lam Tsuen^[4]
• High Island Supervolcano^[5]

Disappeared Hills

• Sacred Hill

See also

More detailed list of hills in Hong Kong

• Geography of Hong Kong
• Mountain Search and Rescue Company

References

1. 落探員. 妙高台 [Miu Gou Toi] (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
2. 落探員. 禾塘崗 [Wo Tong Gong] (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
3. Ovalles, César; Rechsteiner, Carl E. Jr. (eds.). Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications. CRC Press. p. 752. ISBN 9781482230864.
4. http://www.kfbg.org.hk/wwwroot/images/upload/pdf/geology_kys.pdf
5. [news.nationalgeographic.com%2Fnews%2F2012%2F09%2Fpictures%2F120905-supervolcano-hong-kong-hexagonal-rocks-science] [http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestandard.com.hk%2Fnews_detail.asp%3Fpp_cat%3D30%26art_id%3D125842%26con_type%3D1] [www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtoOdZ-Pr0]

External links

• Peaks in Hong Kong, with heights in metre and pictures