Crooked Harbour or Kat O Hoi () is a harbour at the northeast of

New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of H ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. The harbour is connected to

Double Haven Double Haven or Yan Chau Tong () is a harbour enclosed by Double Island, Crescent Island and Crooked Island within the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is known for its scenery and natural environment, and for the calm seas from ...

and the bigger sea of

Mirs Bay Mirs Bay (also known as Tai Pang Wan, Dapeng Wan, Dapeng Bay or Mers Bay; ) is a bay in the northeast of Kat O and Sai Kung Peninsula of Hong Kong. The north and east shores are surrounded by Yantian and Dapeng New District of Shenzhen. Ping ...

. Crooked Island, also known as

Kat O Kat O (), also named Crooked Island, is an island in northeast Hong Kong. Administration Administratively, Kat O is part of North District, Hong Kong, North District. It is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Geog ...

, and several islands, including

Ap Chau Ap Chau (), also known as Robinson Island, with a size of 0.04 km² is an island in the Crooked Harbour, in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (; Ap Chau Hoi). Islets located close by include ...

, form the harbour with the mainland

Islands

Islands of Crooked Harbour include: *

Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai () is a small island in the New Territories The New Territories (N.T., Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: ) is one of the three areas of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. It makes up 86.2% ...

Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai () is a small island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay () to the west of Ap Chau and is not to be confused with Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai () is a small island in th ...

Ap Lo Chun Ap Lo Chun () is a small island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is under the administration of North District. Location Ap Lo Chun is located in Ap Chau Bay (; Ap Chau Hoi) of Crooked Harbour, between Ap Chau () in the east and Sai A ...

Ap Tan Pai Ap Tan Pai () is a reef in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (; Ap Chau Hoi) of Crooked Harbour, between Ap Chau Ap Chau (), also known as Robinson Island, with a size of 0.04 km² is an island in ...

Ap Tau Pai Ap Tau Pai () is a small island between Yan Chau Tong and Crooked Harbour in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administr ...

* Cheung Shek Tsui * Fun Chau *

* Lo Chi Pai * Sai Ap Chau * Siu Nim Chau * Tai Nim Chau

Ecology

Wave-cut "benches" of 6 to 10 meters wide form along the sediment layers at Crooked Harbor and

Ping Chau Tung Ping Chau () is an island in Hong Kong, part of Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark. It is also known as Ping Chau (). ''Tung'' (, meaning ''east'') is prepended to the name at times so as to avoid possible confusion with ''Peng Chau'', ...

, which are uncommon elsewhere in Hong Kong's coastline. Eelgrasses discovered at

Lai Chi Wo Lai Chi Wo is a Hakka people, Hakka village near Sha Tau Kok, in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is described as a "Walled villages of Hong Kong, walled village" by some sources. Lai Chi Wo is located within Plover Cove Countr ...

in 1977 were granted protection by the Agricultural and Fisheries Department of the Hong Kong government. ''

Periclimenes ''Periclimenes'', commonly known as glass shrimp or cleaner shrimp, is a Symbiosis, symbiotic and often Commensalism, commensalistic genus of translucent shrimp within the family Palaemonidae. Species of this large genus feature a wide variety of ...

demani'', a small species of shrimp, resides in this grass.

Historical event

On 8 June 1857, a British naval frigate encountered pirates at Crooked Harbor, 70 men leapt overboard and were massacred on land.

References

Ports and harbours of Hong Kong North District, Hong Kong {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub