Magazine Gap Road (
Chinese: 馬己仙峽道) is a winding road on the affluent and ultra-expensive
Mid-Levels
Mid-Levels () is an affluent residential area on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is located between Victoria Peak and Central. Residents are predominantly more affluent Hong Kong locals and expatriate professionals.
It has a population ...
and
the Peak on the
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island () is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...
in
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 ...
. It is one of the main access leading to the Peak area.
Description
It starts low from
Robinson Road and
Garden Road. It runs east and uphill and meets
Bowen Road
Bowen Road () is a road from the Mid-Levels to Wong Nai Chung Gap of Hong Kong Island, on the slope above Central, Wan Chai and Happy Valley in Hong Kong. Bowen Road starts from Magazine Gap Road near the rail of Peak Tram and ends at the j ...
and
May Road. It continues and meets the junction with
Coombe Road and
Peak Road
Peak Road ( Chinese: 山頂道) is a road in The Peak on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the only road to travel from Victoria Gap to Wan Chai Gap on Hong Kong Island. The Peak Road is a two-lane two-way traffic, which can take buses, mi ...
at . It ends in , where , a Japanese war shrine, was built during Japanese occupation of the territory between 1941 and 1945. It was destroyed in 1947, shortly after the
Liberation of Hong Kong.
With road connections nearby, vehicles can reach either north or south of the island through roads in
Wan Chai Gap and
Wong Nai Chung Gap
Wong Nai Chung Gap () is a geographic gap in the middle of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The gap is between Mount Nicholson and Jardine's Lookout behind Wong Nai Chung (Happy Valley). Five roads meet at the gap: Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, ...
.
Intersections
See also
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List of streets and roads in Hong Kong § Hong Kong Island
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Grenville House
Grenville House is a mid-rise (14 floors) apartment complex at 1-3 Magazine Gap Road in the Mid-levels area of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong and completed in 1971.
From 1997 to 2006 a four bedroom unit belonging to Tung Chee-hwa served as the offi ...
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Zig-zag
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Stubbs Road
Stubbs Road (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 司徒拔道) is a road located in Mid-Levels East, Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong, which connects Happy Valley, Hong Kong, Happy Valley to Victoria Peak, The Peak area on Hong Kong Isl ...
References
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Roads on Hong Kong Island
Victoria Peak
Mid-Levels