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

In the romanisation system used by the Hong Kong Government known as Standard Romanisation, 'shan' and 'leng' are the transliterations of the Cantonese words for 'mount' (山) and 'ridge' (嶺), respectively. 'Toi', 'kong', 'fung' and 'koi' also correspond to 'mount' in English and 'teng' corresponds to 'peak'. It is this system which is used in the list below.

Highest peaks of Hong Kong

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Rank Name Height (m) Country park Location Notes
1 Tai Mo Shan 957 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories MacLehose Trail Section 8. The actual peak is inside an army base and not accessible to the public.
2 Lantau Peak
(Fung Wong Shan)		 934 Lantau South Country Park Central Lantau Island Highest publicly accessible summit. Lantau Trail Section 3
3 Sunset Peak
(Tai Tung Shan)		 869 Lantau South Country Park Southern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
4 Sze Fong Shan 785 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories MacLehose Trail Section 8
5 Miu Ko Toi 779 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories Second highest peak on Tai Mo Shan[1]
6 Wo Yeung Shan 767 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
7 Lin Fa Shan 766 Lantau North Country Park Central Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
8 Nei Lak Shan 754 Lantau North Country Park Southern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 3
9 Yi Tung Shan 749 Lantau North Country Park Eastern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
10 Ma On Shan 702 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
11 Yin Ngam Teng 679 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
12 The Hunch Backs
(Ngau Ngak Shan)		 677 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
13 Wo Kong Tong (lower) 656 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
14 Grassy Hill 647 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central 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 589 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
21 Chau Ma Kong 588 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
22= Cheung Shan 585 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern Kowloon Also known as Middle Hill
22= Lo Tin Teng 585 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
24 Castle Peak 583 None Western New Territories west of Tuen Mun Also known as Ching Shan or Pui To Shan
25 Lin Fa Shan 579 Tai Lam Country Park Tsuen Wan District
26 Tate's Cairn 577 Ma On Shan Country Park Northeastern Kowloon Also known as Tai Lo Shan.
27 Kai Kung Leng (Tai Lo Tin) 572 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
28 Tai To Yan 566 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
29 Wong Chuk Shan[2] 560 Ma On Shan Country Park Eastern New Territories
30 Ngoc Yiu Chiu Tin

鱷魚朝天

559 Tai Lam Country Park Tsuen Wan District Not included before Nov 2023, but measured to have > 30m of prominence, an International standard for an independent mountain. In English its name is "Crocodile towards the Sky".
31= Victoria Peak 552 Pok Fu Lam Country Park Hong Kong Island Named after the British monarch Queen Victoria;

also known as Mount Austin (named after the former Colonial Secretary John Gardiner Austin), and locally as The Peak. The Peak was once a volcano.

31= Kwun Yam Shan 552 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
33 Lai Pek Shan 550 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern 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 Central New Territories Also known as Cham Shan.
40= Mount Parker 532 Tai Tam Country Park Hong Kong Island Named after Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone
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= Pok To Yan 529 Lantau South Country Park Southern Lantau Island
44= Ping Fung Shan 屏風山 529 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories
46 Fu Yung Pit 515 Ma On Shan Country Park Northeastern Kowloon
47 Hsien Ku Fung 514 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
48= Sheung Tsz Fung 510 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
48= Tsao Kau Fung 510 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
50 Kau Keng Shan 507 Tai Lam Country Park Western New Territories
51 Luk Ngo Leng

轆牛嶺

503 Tai Lam Country Park Tsuen Wan District Not included before Nov 2023, but measured to have > 80m of prominence, more than the 30m International standard for an independent mountain.
52 Mount Kellett 501 Aberdeen Country Park Hong Kong Island Named after Admiral Sir Henry Kellett
53 Lion Rock 495 Lion Rock Country Park Northern Kowloon
54 High West 494 Pok Fu Lam Country Park Hong Kong Island
55 Sze Tse Tau Shan 494 Lantau South Country Park Southern Lantau Island
56 Robin's Nest 492 Robin's Nest Country Park Northern New Territories Also known as Hung Fa Leng ('Red Flower Ridge').
57 Ling Wui Shan 490 Lantau South Country Park Lantau Island
58= Choi Wo Fung 489 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
58= Hung Fa Chai 489 Robin's Nest Country Park Northeastern New Territories Also known on old Admiralty charts as Ben Nevis.
60 Temple Hill 488 Lion Rock Country Park line of mountains dividing Sha Tin from Kowloon Also known as Tsz Wan Shan.
61 Kwai Tau Leng 486 Pat Sin Leng Country Park Northeastern New Territories
62 Por Kai Shan 482 Lantau North Country Park southeast of Tung Chung and facing Urmston Road
63 Shek Uk Shan 481 Sai Kung West Country Park Sai Kung, New Territories
64 Pak Tai To Yan 480 Lam Tsuen Country Park Northwestern New Territories
65= Muk Yue Shan 479 Lantau North Country Park Lantau Island, north side of Shek Pik Reservoir
65= Mount Gough 479 Hong Kong Island east of Victoria Peak and north of Aberdeen Country Park Named for Field Marshal Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough

British Commander-in-Chief, China and Commander-in-Chief, India

67 Shek Lung Kung 473 Tai Lam Country Park Near Ting Kau and south of Hoi Pui Reservoir
68 Sharp Peak
(Nam She Tsim)		 468 Sai Kung East Country Park
69 Tai Hom Sham 466 Lantau South Country Park
70 Lo Fu Tau 465 Lantau North Country Park
71 Tin Fu Tsai Shan 461 Tai Lam Country Park Near Ting Kau
72 Keung Shan 459 Lantau South Country Park North of Tai Long Wan Tsuen
73 Beacon Hill 457 Lion Rock Country Park
74 Shek Lung Tsai 獨本舟右 or 石壟仔 454 Ma On Shan Country Park
75 Ngam Tau Shan 451 Sai Kung West Country Park
76 Cheung Shan 449 Lantau Island
77 Cheung Yan Shan 443 Lantau Island
78 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
79 = Mount Cameron 439 Aberdeen Country Park Likely to be named for Major General William Gordon Cameron

British Army officer and former Administrator of Hong Kong

79 = Yi Tung

二峒

439 Robin's Nest Country Park Northern New Territories This was omitted from the legacy list. It has a prominence of > 40m so is an independent mountain.
81 Unicorn Ridge 437 Lion Rock Country Park Line of mountains dividing Sha Tin and Kowloon
82 = Mount Butler 436 Tai Tam Country Park Hong Kong Island
82 = Sam Tung

三峒

436 Robin's Nest Country Park Northern New Territories This was omitted from the legacy list. It has a prominence of ~ 34m so is an independent mountain.
84 Kwun Yam Shan 434 Lantau Island
85 Violet Hill
(Tsz Lo Lan Shan)		 433 Tai Tam Country Park Hong Kong Island
86 Jardine's Lookout 433 Tai Tam Country Park Named for British merchant William Jardine and Hong Jardine Matheson
87 Razor Hill
(Che Kwu Shan)		 432 Near Pik Uk, Ta Ku Ling, Tseung Kwan O, and Tai Po Tsai
88 Mount Nicholson 430 Hong Kong Island Likely named for Hong Kong Volunteer Corps Adjutant Lieutenant W.C.A. Nicholson
89 Sham Hang Lek 430 Lantau Island
90 Middle Kau Nga Ling 428 Lantau Island
91 Siu Ma Shan 424 Hong Kong Island
92 Ngau Yee Shek Shan 422 Sai Kung West Country Park
93 Tiu Tang Lung 416 Plover Cove Country Park
94 Luk Chau Shan 414 Ma On Shan Country Park
95 Man Tau Tun 饅頭墩 413 Lion Rock Country Park line of mountains dividing Sha Tin from Kowloon
96 Cham Tin Shan 411 Ma On Shan Country Park North of Ngau Chi Wan
97 Pai Ngak Shan 409 Sai Kung Easy Country Park North of High Island Reservoir
98 Tai Cham Koi 408 Sai Kung East Country Park North of High Island Reservoir
99 Luk Shan 407 Near the Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve
100= Tai Sheung Tok 399[3] Ma On Shan Country Park Near Ngau Chi Wan
100= Kai Kung Shan 399 Sai Kung West Country Park
102= Kau To Shan
(Cove Hill)		 399 East of Shing Mun Country Park and south of Tai Po Kau in Sha Tin
102= Nui Po Shan
(Turret Hill)		 399 Ma On Shan Country Park Near Sha Tin
104 Tsim Mei Fung 395 Ma On Shan Country Park
105 Kon Shan 394
106 Wa Mei Shan 391 Sai Kung West Country Park
107 The Twins South 386 Hong Kong Island
108 Lui Ta Shek 379 Sai Kung West Country Park
109 Lau Fa Tung 378 Lantau Island
110 Yuen Tau Shan 375 Near Tuen Mun
111= Nga Ying Shan 374 Lantau Island
111= Kai Kung Shan 374 Lam Tsuen Country Park
113 Mount Hallowers
(Tam Chai Shan)		 372 Sai Kung West Country Park
114 Tai Mun Shan 370 Near Big Wave Bay (aka. Tai Long Wan Near Chek King on the Sai Kung Peninsula)
115= Golden Hill
(Kam Shan)		 369 Kam Shan Country Park
115= Fan Kei Tok 369 Plover Cove Country Park
117 Tin Mei Shan 366 Sai Kung East Country Park Northwest corner of High Island Reservoir
118 The Twins North 363 Hong Kong Island
119 Bird's Hill
(Lung Shan)		 360 Near Pat Sin Leng Country Park and Kwan Tei Temple
120 Mount Stenhouse
(Shan Tel Tong)		 353 Lamma Island likely named for Edinburgh suburb Stenhouse Village
121 Mount Collinson 348 Hong Kong Island Colonel Thomas Bernard Collinson, a Royal Engineers surveyor in Hong Kong (1821–1902)
122 Hebe Hill
(Tsim Fung Shan)		 346 Ma On Shan Country Park
123= High Junk Peak
(Tiu Yue Yung)		 344 Clear Water Bay Country Park
123= Cheung Lin Shan 344 Hong Kong Island
125 Tsim Fung Shan 339 Lantau Island
126 Shek Sze Shan 338 Lantau Island
127 Smuggler's Ridge 337 Kam Shan Country Park Part of Gin Drinker's Line
128 Tsing Yi Peak
(Sam Chi Heung)		 334 Tsing Yi Island
129 Miu Tsai Tun 333 Clearwater Bay
130 D'Aguilar Peak
(Hok Tsui Shan)		 325 Shek O Country Park Shek O British Army Major-General George Charles D'Aguilar, Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong
131 Wo Liu Tun 324 Lantau Island
132 Sze Shan 322 Lantau Island
133 Tai Tun 317 Sai Kung West Country Park
134 Sai Wan Shan 314 Sai Kung East Country Park Facing High Island Reservoir
135= Pottinger Peak 312 Hong Kong Island Sir Henry Pottinger, first British Governor of Hong Kong and East India Company Colonel
135= Kwai Au Shan 312 Ma On Shan Country Park South of Hebe Hill and north east of Ngau Tau Kok
137 Eagle's Nest
(Tsim Shan)		 305 Near Kam Shan Country Park
138 Black Hill 304 Located between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng facing Junk Bay Named for former administrator Major General Wilsone Black, British Army officer
139= Lo Yan Shan 303 Lantau Island
139= Mount Newland 303 Plover Cove Country Park Kwun Yam Tung
141= Tai Che Tung 302 Lantau Island
141= Tap Chai Shan 302 Lantau Island Otherwise known as Temple Crag
143 Wai Mei Leng 300 Plover Cove Country Park

Lesser Hills

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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 251 Lion Rock Named after Mazu (goddess). Not a hill, but a rock at the top of a hill. The rock itself is about 15 metres tall.
Mount Davis 269 Kennedy Town Named for John Francis Davis, 2nd Governor of Hong Kong
Chiu Keng Wan Shan 247 Between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng
Devil's Peak 222 Lei Yue Mun
Braemar Hill 200 North Point
Leighton Hill < 100 Causeway Bay and Happy Valley
Morrison Hill < 100 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.
Mount Parish Causeway Bay and Happy Valley Named for Commodore John E. Parish, Officer Commanding of China Station 1873–1876

Volcanoes

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Removed hills

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 落探員. "Wildtrekking.net" 妙高台 [Miu Ko Toi] (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  2. ^ "GeoInfo Map．Map of Hong Kong provided by HKSARG". www.map.gov.hk. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  3. ^ Ovalles, César; Rechsteiner, Carl E. Jr., eds. (12 February 2015). Analytical Methods in Petroleum Upstream Applications. CRC Press. p. 752. ISBN 9781482230864.
  4. ^ "Supervolcano discovery took years of digging - the Standard". Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012. [www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtoOdZ-Pr0]
  5. ^ "Current & Upcoming Events". Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden.
  6. ^ http://geolsoc.org.hk/_newsletters/VOL%252014.2_Mar2008.pdf https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=231062983601269&story_fbid=673694836004746&
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