Waglan Island is a member of the
Po Toi group of islands in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...
. It hosts a ground of meteorological observation and recording.
Waglan lighthouse
The Waglan Lighthouse on Waglan Island has been listed as a
declared monument of Hong Kong since 2000. It commenced operation in 1893; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong.
Antiquities and Monuments Office:Waglan Lighthouse
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Climate
See also
* Hong Kong Observatory
The Hong Kong Observatory is a weather forecast agency of the government of Hong Kong. The Observatory forecasts the weather and issues warnings on weather-related hazards. It also monitors and makes assessments on radiation levels in ...
* Green Island Lighthouse Compound
Green Island is an island off the northwest coast of Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, separated by the Sulphur Channel. A smaller island nearby to the east, uninhabited, is called Little Green Island (). Administratively, the two islands are ...
* Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse
* Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
* List of lighthouses in China
* SS ''Hsin Wah''
References
Further reading
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External links
Hong Kong Observatory website
Aerial image from Google Maps
Map of Waglan Island
Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong
Lighthouses in Hong Kong
Lighthouses completed in 1893
1893 establishments in Asia
Po Toi Islands
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