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

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. The harbour is connected to Double Haven and the bigger sea of Mirs Bay. Crooked Island, also known as Kat O, 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 of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay () just off the southern tip of Ap Chau () and is not to be confused with Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai () is a small islan ...

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 Ap Chau (), also known as Robinson Island, with a size of 0.04 km² is an island in the Crooked Har ...

Ap Lo Chun Ap Lo Chun () is a small island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay () between Ap Chau () in the east and Sai Ap Chau in the west, with the islet of Ap Tan Pai Ap Tan Pai () is a reef in the New Territories of H ...

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 the ...

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. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (), North-east of Hong Kong. It is under the administration of North District. See al ...

* Cheung Shek Tsui‎ * Fun Chau‎ * Kat O * 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 village near Sha Tau Kok, in the northeastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is described as a "walled village" by some sources. Lai Chi Wo is located within Plover Cove Country Park and near Yan Chau Tong Marine Park. ...

in 1977 were granted protection by the Agricultural and Fisheries Department of the Hong Kong government. '' Periclimenes 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 {{HK-geo-stub