List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong

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

Rank Name Height (m) Country park Location Notes
1Tai Mo Shan957Tai Mo Shan Country ParkCentral New Territories MacLehose Trail Section 8. The actual peak is inside an army base and not accessible to the public.
2Lantau Peak
(Fung Wong Shan)
934Lantau South Country ParkCentral Lantau Island Highest publicly accessible summit. Lantau Trail Section 3
3Sunset Peak
(Tai Tung Shan)
869Lantau South Country ParkSouthern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
4Sze Fong Shan785Tai Mo Shan Country ParkCentral 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]
6Wo Yeung Shan767Tai Mo Shan Country ParkCentral New Territories
7Lin Fa Shan766Lantau North Country ParkCentral Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
8Nei Lak Shan754Lantau North Country ParkSouthern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 3
9Yi Tung Shan749Lantau North Country ParkEastern Lantau Island Lantau Trail Section 2
10Ma On Shan702Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
11Yin Ngam Teng679Tai Mo Shan Country ParkCentral New Territories
12The Hunch Backs
(Ngau Ngak Shan)
677Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
13 Wo Kong Tong (lower) 656 Tai Mo Shan Country Park Central New Territories
14Grassy Hill647Tai Mo Shan Country ParkCentral New Territories
15Wong Leng639Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories
16Buffalo Hill606Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
17West Buffalo Hill604Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
18Kowloon Peak
(Fei Ngo Shan)
602Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern Kowloon
19Shun Yeung Fung591Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
20Chau Ma Kong588Tai Mo Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
21=Cheung Shan585Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern Kowloon Also known as Middle Hill
21=Lo Tin Teng585Lam Tsuen Country ParkNorthwestern New Territories
23Castle Peak583NoneWestern New Territories west of Tuen Mun Also known as Ching Shan or Pui To Shan
24Lin Fa Shan579Tai Lam Country ParkTsuen Wan District
25Tate's Cairn577Ma On Shan Country ParkNortheastern Kowloon Also known as Tai Lo Shan.
26Kai Kung Leng (Tai Lo Tin)572Lam Tsuen Country ParkNorthwestern New Territories
27Tai To Yan566Lam Tsuen Country ParkNorthwestern New Territories
28Wong Chuk Shan[2]560Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
29=Victoria Peak552Pok Fu Lam Country ParkHong 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. The Peak was once a volcano.
29=Kwun Yam Shan552Tai Mo Shan Country ParkCentral New Territories
31Lai Pek Shan550Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories
32Tiu Shau Ngam548Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
33Tung Shan544Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern Kowloon
34Chung Li Fung543Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
35Shek Nga Shan540Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories
36Kau Nga Ling539Lantau South Country ParkSouthern Lantau Island
37Pyramid Hill536Ma On Shan Country ParkEastern New Territories Also known as Tai Kam Chung.
38Tung Yeung Shan533Ma On Shan Country ParkNortheastern Kowloon
39=Needle Hill532Shing Mun Country ParkCentral New Territories Also known as Cham Shan.
39=Mount Parker532Tai Tam Country ParkHong Kong Island
41=Kao Lao Fung530Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
41=Kuai Li Fung530Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
43Pok To Yan529Lantau South Country ParkSouthern Lantau Island
44Fu Yung Pit515Ma On Shan Country ParkNortheastern Kowloon
45Hsien Ku Fung514Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
46=Sheung Tsz Fung510Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
46=Tsao Kau Fung510Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng
48Kau Keng Shan507Tai Lam Country ParkWestern New Territories
49Mount Kellett501Aberdeen Country ParkHong Kong Island named after British naval officer and explorer Henry Kellett
50Lion Rock495Lion Rock Country ParkNorthern Kowloon
51High West494Pok Fu Lam Country ParkHong Kong Island
52 Sze Tse Tau Shan494Lantau South Country ParkSouthern Lantau Island
53 Robin's Nest492Robin's Nest Country ParkNorthern New Territories Also known as Hung Fa Leng ('Red Flower Ridge').
54Ling Wui Shan490Lantau South Country ParkLantau Island
55=Choi Wo Fung489Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Part of Pat Sin Leng.
55= Hung Fa Chai489Robin's Nest Country ParkNortheastern New Territories Also known on old Admiralty charts as Ben Nevis.
57 Temple Hill488NoneNortheastern Kowloon Also known as Tsz Wan Shan.
58 Kwai Tau Leng486Pat Sin Leng Country ParkNortheastern New Territories
59 Por Kai Shan482Lantau North Country Parksoutheast of Tung Chung and facing Urmston Road
60 Shek Uk Shan481Sai Kung West Country ParkSai Kung, New Territories
61Pak Tai To Yan480Lam Tsuen Country ParkNorthwestern New Territories
62= Muk Yue Shan479Lantau North Country Park on Lantau Islandnorth side of Shek Pik Reservoir
62= Mount Gough479Hong 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
64 Shek Lung Kung473Tai Lam Country Parknear Ting Kau and south of Hoi Pui Reservoir
65 Sharp Peak
(Nam She Tsim)
468Sai Kung East Country Park
66 Tai Hom Sham466Lantau South Country Park
67 Lo Fu Tau465Lantau North Country Park
68 Tin Fu Tsai Shan461Tai Lam Country Parknear Ting Kau
69 Keung Shan459Lantau South Country Parknorth of Tai Long Wan Tsuen
70 Beacon Hill457Lion Rock Country Park
71 Ngam Tau Shan451Sai Kung West Country Park
72 Cheung Shan449on Lantau Island
73 Cheung Yan Shan443on Lantau Island
74 Cloudy Hill
(Kau Lung Hang Shan)
440Pat Sin Leng Country ParkCentral New Territories, north of Hong Lok Yuen and Tai Po Industrial Estate
75 Mount Cameron439Aberdeen Country Park likely named for Major General William Gordon Cameron, British Army officer and former Administrator of Hong Kong
76 Unicorn Ridge437Lion Rock Country Parkline of mountains dividing Sha Tin from Kowloon
77 Mount Butler436Tai Tam Country Park on Hong Kong Island
78 Kwun Yam Shan434on Lantau Island
79 Violet Hill
(Tsz Lo Lan Shan)
433on Hong Kong Island
80 Jardine's Lookout433on Hong Kong Island named for British hong William Jardine (Jardine Matheson)
81 Razor Hill
(Che Kwu Shan)
432near Pik Uk, Ta Ku Ling, Tseung Kwan O, and Tai Po Tsai
82 Mount Nicholson430on Hong Kong Island
83 Sham Hang Lek430on Lantau Island
84 Middle Kau Nga Ling428on Lantau Island
85 Siu Ma Shan424on Hong Kong Island
86 Ngau Yee Shek Shan422Sai Kung West Country Park
87 Tiu Tang Lung416Plover Cove Country Park
Luk Chau Shan414Ma On Shan Country Park
88 Cham Tin Shan411Ma On Shan Country Parknorth of Ngau Chi Wan
89 Pai Ngak Shan409Sai Kung Easy Country Parknorth of High Island Reservoir
90 Tai Cham Koi408Sai Kung East Country Parknorth of High Island Reservoir
91 Luk Shan407near the Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve
92= Tai Sheung Tok399[3]Ma On Shan Country Parknear Ngau Chi Wan
92= Kai Kung Shan399Sai Kung West Country Park
92= Kau To Shan
(Cove Hill)
399east of Shing Mun Country Park and south of Tai Po Kau in Sha Tin
92= Nui Po Shan
(Turret Hill)
399Ma On Shan Country Parknear Sha Tin
96 Tsim Mei Fung395Ma On Shan Country Park
97 Kon Shan394
98 Wa Mei Shan391Sai Kung West Country Park
99 The Twins South386on Hong Kong Island
100 Lui Ta Shek379Sai Kung West Country Park
101 Lau Fa Tung378on Lantau Island
102 Yuen Tau Shan375near Tuen Mun
103= Nga Ying Shan374on Lantau Island
103= Kai Kung Shan374Lam Tsuen Country Park
105 Mount Hallowers
(Tam Chai Shan)
372Sai Kung West Country Park
106 Tai Mun Shan370near Big Wave Bay (aka. Tai Long Wan near Chek King on the Sai Kung Peninsula)
107= Golden Hill
(Kam Shan)
369Kam Shan Country Park
107= Fan Kei Tok369Plover Cove Country Park
109 Tin Mei Shan366Sai Kung East Country Parknorthwest corner of High Island Reservoir
110 The Twins North363on Hong Kong Island
111 Bird's Hill
(Lung Shan)
360near Pat Sin Leng Country Park and near Kwan Tei Temple
112 Mount Stenhouse
(Shan Tel Tong)
353on Lamma Island likely named for Edinburgh suburb Stenhouse Village
113 Mount Collinson348on Hong Kong Island Colonel Thomas Bernard Collinson, a Royal Engineers surveyor in Hong Kong (1821–1902)
114 Hebe Hill
(Tsim Fung Shan)
346Ma On Shan Country Park
115= High Junk Peak
(Tiu Yue Yung)
344Clear Water Bay Country Park
115= Cheung Lin Shan344on Hong Kong Island
117 Tsim Fung Shan339on Lantau Island
118 Shek Sze Shan338on Lantau Island
119 Smuggler's Ridge337Kam Shan Country Parkpart of Gin Drinker's Line
120 Tsing Yi Peak
(Sam Chi Heung)
334on Tsing Yi Island
121 Miu Tsai Tun333in Clearwater Bay
122 D'Aguilar Peak
(Hok Tsui Shan)
325Shek O Country ParkShek O British Army Major-General George Charles D'Aguilar, Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong
123 Wo Liu Tun324on Lantau Island
124 Sze Shan322on Lantau Island
125 Tai Tun317Sai Kung West Country Park
126 Sai Wan Shan314Sai Kung East Country Parkfacing High Island Reservoir
127= Pottinger Peak312on Hong Kong Island Sir Henry Pottinger, first British Governor of Hong Kong (Chief of British Forces in Hong Kong) and East India Company Colonel
127= Kwai Au Shan312Ma On Shan Country Parksouth of Hebe Hill and north east of Ngau Tau Kok
129 Eagle's Nest
(Tsim Shan)
305near Kam Shan Country Park
130 Black Hill304located between Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng facing Junk Bay; named for former administrator Major General Wilsone Black, British Army officer
131= Lo Yan Shan303on Lantau Island
131= Mount Newland303in Plover Cove Country Park (Kwun Yam Tung)
133= Tai Che Tung302on Lantau Island
133= Tap Chai Shan302on Lantau Island otherwise known as Temple Crag
134 Wai Mei Leng300in Plover Cove Country Park

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 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, former British 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, commander of China Station 1873–1876

Volcanoes

Removed hills

See also

References

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