Conic Island or Fan Tsang Chau () is a small uninhabited island in
Sai Kung District
Sai Kung District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. The district comprises the southern half of the Sai Kung Peninsula, the Clear Water Bay Peninsula in the New Territories and a strip of land to the east of Ko ...
, Hong Kong.
Its Chinese name derives from it being in the shape of "
甑" (), a crockery used in ancient times in steaming rice.
There is
a small lighthouse and a basic dock on the island.
Location
Located within
Sai Kung East Country Park
Sai Kung East Country Park () is a country park on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong, measuring . It opened in 1978 and has features including:
* High Island Reservoir
* High Island
* Pak Tam Au
* Sheung Yiu
* Wong Shek Pier
* Beaches of T ...
, the island lies a few hundred metres east of Tsang Pang Kok (),
Long Ke Wan. It is visible from Tsang Pang Kok, the East Dam of the
High Island Reservoir
The High Island Reservoir, located in the far south eastern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula, was opened in 1978, helping to alleviate water shortage problems in Hong Kong. Its water capacity is approximately 273 million cubic metres. The are ...
, the eastern end of Man Yee Road as well as at the end of Stage 1 of the
MacLehose Trail
The MacLehose Trail is a 100-kilometre hiking trail that crosses much of the New Territories, Hong Kong, starting from Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung District in the east to Tuen Mun Town, Tuen Mun District in the west. It is the longest trail in Hong ...
.
Conservation
Conic Island is part of the
High Island Special Area (), which covers 3.9 hectares and was designated in 2011. The area includes the two islands
Po Pin Chau and Conic Island and no part of High Island proper. The geology of the area is characterised by
volcanic rock
Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Like all rock types, the concept of volcanic rock is artificial, and in nature volcanic rocks grade into hypabyssal and me ...
s of the
Cretaceous
The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 143.1 to 66 mya (unit), million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era (geology), Era, as well as the longest. At around 77.1 million years, it is the ...
period.
References
Further reading
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External links
Lighthouses of China: Hong Kong{{Conservation designations in Hong Kong
Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong
Sai Kung District