Magazine Island
Island in Hong Kong
22°14.6′N 114°8.377′E / 22.2433°N 114.139617°E / 22.2433; 114.139617
Hong Kong
Magazine Island (Chinese: 火藥洲; Fo Yeuk Chau), originally known as One Tree Island (一木島)[citation needed], is an island of Hong Kong, located off the southwest coast of Hong Kong Island, and off the northwestern tip of Ap Lei Chau. For the purpose of local council, it is part of Southern District.
Features
The former Magazine Building on Magazine Island is now a Grade III Historic Building.[1] It was built by the British Dynamite Company, which later became Nobel's Explosives Company, and was once the largest private explosives depot in Hong Kong. In 1908, the government did not renew the company's contract and the magazine was closed.[2] A lighthouse is located at the west end of the island.[3]
See also
Islands portal
- List of islands of Hong Kong
- List of lighthouses in Hong Kong
References
- ^ List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 November 2009) Archived 9 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings Archived 2012-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of China: Hong Kong". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Further reading
- Mok, Danny (6 November 2017). "Sparks and loud noise alarm residents as cargo ship hits islet near Hong Kong housing estate". South China Morning Post.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magazine Island.
- Pictures of Magazine Island (in Chinese)
- Picture and location of Magazine Island
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Main borders and locations
- Aberdeen
- Cape D'Aguilar
- Nam Long Shan
- Pok Fu Lam
- Repulse Bay
- Sandy Bay
- Shek O
- Stanley
- Tai Tam
- Wong Chuk Hang
- Canadian International School of Hong Kong
- Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired
- German Swiss International School Pok Fu Lam Campus
- Hong Kong International School
- Hong Kong True Light College
- Kellett School Pok Fu Lam Campus
- Sacred Heart Canossian College
- Singapore International School
- St Stephen's College
- South Island School
- West Island School
- Aberdeen Country Park
- Béthanie
- Central Ordnance Munitions Depot
- Cyberport
- D'Aguilar Peak
- The Duchess of Kent Children's Hospital at Sandy Bay
- Grantham Hospital
- Holy Spirit Seminary
- Hong Kong Parkview
- Kwun Yam Shrine
- Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery
- Middle Bay
- Murray House
- Ocean Park Hong Kong
- Queen Mary Hospital
- Pok Fu Lam Country Park
- The Pulse
- The Repulse Bay
- Shek O Country Park
- Shouson Hill
- South Horizons
- Stanley Military Cemetery
- Stanley Prison
- Tai Tam Country Park
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- Ap Lei Chau (Aberdeen Island)
- Ap Lei Pai
- Kau Pei Chau
- Magazine Island
- Middle Island (Tong Po Chau)
- Tai Tau Chau
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