Lantau Channel () is a

channel Channel, channels, channeling, etc., may refer to: Geography * Channel (geography), a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water. Australia * Channel Country, region of outback Australia in Queensland and pa ...

south of Fan Lau Kok of

Lantau Island Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the ...

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 channel is also on the water boundary between

and

mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

. Across the border is the islands of Guishan Dao (), Niutou Dao () and Zhongxin Dao () of

Wanshan Archipelago The Wanshan Archipelago, formerly known as the Ladrones Islands, is a 104-island archipelago that is a part of Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai, Xiangzhou District in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China. Administration Most of the islands of the arch ...

. The channel is on the strategic sea route and defense structures like

Fan Lau Fort Fan Lau Fort is a former Fortification, military fortification located on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Named after Fan Lau, the eponymous peninsula it is situated on, it was built in 1729 during the reign of the Yongzheng Emperor, a hundred an ...

was built to defend the territories.

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