Kowloon Peak, also known as Fei Ngo Shan (literally: "Soaring Goose Mountain",

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: 飛鵝山), is a mountain in the northeast corner of

New Kowloon New Kowloon is an area in Hong Kong, bounded to the south by Boundary Street, and to the north by the ranges of the Eagle's Nest, Beacon Hill, Lion Rock, Tate's Cairn and Kowloon Peak. It covers the present-day Kwun Tong District and Wong ...

, Hong Kong, situated in

Ma On Shan Country Park Ma On Shan Country Park () is a park located in the central neck of the Sai Kung Peninsula in the eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. The park covers an area of and links Sai Kung Country Park and Lion Rock Country Park to form an extensive ...

. With the summit located just to the east of the border between

Wong Tai Sin Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian () is a Chinese Taoist deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (; c. 328 ...

and

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 ...

s, it is the tallest mountain in Kowloon, and is crossed by both the

Wilson Trail The Wilson Trail () is a long-distance footpath in Hong Kong, 63 km of which runs through Hong Kong country parks.

and 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 ...

. On the lower slopes of

Tung Yeung Shan Tung Yeung Shan () is a mountain in Hong Kong at in height. It is close to Tate's Cairn, one of the peaks of the Kowloon Ridge. Stage 4 of the Wilson Trail passes over the mountain, while stage 4 of MacLehose Trail passes just below the summit o ...

about to the north is the

Gilwell Campsite Gilwell Campsite () a major campsite run by the Scout Association of Hong Kong for wild camping and other scouting activities in the Kowloon Peak (Fei Ngo Shan) area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong The campsite is near MacLehose Trail with road access ...

, belonging to

The Scout Association The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the Scouting in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scouting, Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 ...

Geography

Kowloon Peak has a steep slope facing south towards while having a relatively smooth curve towards the east and west. The peak connects with Middle Hill (), known also as Cheung Shan, and Tung Shan () in the north, forming a ridge of mountains. Despite being in an easily accessible location by car and walks, there are occasional sighting reports of

Burmese python The Burmese python (''Python bivittatus'') is one of the largest species of snakes. It is native to a large area of Southeast Asia and is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Until 2009, it was considered a subspecies of the Indian pyth ...

s, East Asian porcupines, red muntjacs and

wild boar The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a Suidae, suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The speci ...

Geology

Kowloon Peak consists mainly of

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 (many of which are

tuff Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock. Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff, while rock co ...

s), and blocks of

granite Granite ( ) is a coarse-grained (phanerite, phaneritic) intrusive rock, intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly coo ...

at the base of the mountain. HK geological map revised version 3

Hiking and access

There are several paths from

Jat's Incline Jat's Incline () is a road in Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location Jat's Incline connects Clear Water Bay Road in the south to the junction of Shatin Pass Road and the western end Fei Ngo Shan Road, next to the top of Tate's Cairn i ...

and that lead to the summit. One of Hong Kong's most treacherous and dangerous climbs is the rock climb from

Clear Water Bay Road Clear Water Bay Road () is a major road from Choi Hung Interchange in Ngau Chi Wan to Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung District. It also is a route to Sai Kung Town and Tseung Kwan O via Hiram's Highway and Hang Hau Road / Ying Yip Road respective ...

to Kowloon Peak's summit through Suicide Cliff. Suicide Cliff is not necessarily a place where people commit suicide, but it is such named most likely because the climb is so treacherous, it is akin to committing suicide. The hike has also seen numerous injuries and fatalities. In one instance, two

tourists ran into trouble on Kowloon Peak's Suicide Cliff and caused an extensive rescue operation involving 160 firefighters. For casual hikers, choosing the easiest path to the summit through Fei Ngo Shan Road is recommendable.

References

Mountains, peaks and hills of Hong Kong New Kowloon Sai Kung District Wong Tai Sin District {{HongKong-mountain-stub

Geography

Geology

Hiking and access

See also

References