Beacon Hill (Hong Kong)
Beacon Hill (Chinese: 筆架山) is a hill in the northern part of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong. It is the 71st-highest hill of Hong Kong and is 457m tall. Beacon Hill is located within the Lion Rock Country Park. The tower and its relevant equipment on the top of Beacon Hill is not open to the public and is a secured facility controlled and maintained by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department.[1]
| Beacon Hill, Hong Kong | |
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 View of Beacon Hill | |
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| Elevation | 457 m (1,499 ft) Hong Kong Principal Datum  |
| Coordinates | 22°20′59.19″N 114°10′12.51″E |
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  Beacon Hill, Hong Kong Location of Beacon Hill in Hong Kong | |
| Location | New Territories, Hong Kong |
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| Traditional Chinese | 畢架山 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 毕架山 | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Pen Shelf Hill | ||||||||||||||||
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Name
The hill's name dates back to the Great Clearance between 1661 and 1669, which required the complete evacuation of the coastal areas of Kowloon in Hong Kong in order to fight against and then subsequently defeat the anti-Qing movement that was first started and largely led by surviving Ming Dynasty loyalists carrying on the struggle against the new Manchu-formed Qing Dynasty. Qing military garrisons were created and stationed throughout most of Kowloon's coastal areas to enforce the Qing government's decree in locations which later became referred to as beacons.[2]
Conservation
The steep north face of Beacon Hill, together with a valley to the north-east of Eagle's Nest, covering a total area of 53.2 hectares, was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1979.[3][4]
See also
References
- "Civil Aviation Department - Functions of Various Air Traffic Control Equipment for the Airport". www.cad.gov.hk. Retrieved 2019-10-29.
- Andrew Yanne, Gillis Heller (2009). Signs of a Colonial Era. Hong Kong University Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-962-209-944-9.
- "Register of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs)". Planning Department.
- "Site of Special Scientific Interest - Beacon Hill" (PDF). Planning Department. 30 September 1992.
