Plover Cove, also known by its Chinese names Shuen Wan Hoi () or Shuen Wan (), is a

cove A cove is a small bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often situated within a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creek (tidal), creeks, or recesses in a coast ...

in the

Tai Po District Tai Po District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. The suburban district covers the areas of Tai Po New Town (including areas such as Tai Po Market, , Tai Po Industrial Estate, Tai Wo Estate), Tai Po Tau, Tai Po Kau, Hong Lok Yue ...

of Hong Kong, near

Tolo Channel Tolo Channel or Chek Mun Hoi Hap () is a Channel (geography), channel south of Plover Cove in Hong Kong connecting Tolo Harbour to Mirs Bay. At Mirs Bay end, it is named North Channel, Hong Kong, North Channel. The Chinese name ''Chek Mun'' mean ...

and

Tolo Harbour Tolo Harbour (), or Tai Po Hoi (, historically ), is a sheltered harbour in northeast New Territories of Hong Kong. Geography Tide Cove, also known as Sha Tin Hoi, is to the south of the harbour, and Plover Cove, Three Fathoms Cove and T ...

Geography

It is encircled by the hills

Pat Sin Leng Pat Sin Leng () is a mountain range in the northeast New Territories of Hong Kong, located within the Pat Sin Leng Country Park. The name ''Pat Sin Leng'' literally means "Ridge of the Eight Immortals", who are eight well-known ''Xian (Taoism) ...

and Wan Leng (), the Yim Tin Tsai, Ma Shi Chau and Tung Tau Chau () island ranges, and a long peninsula extending from Fu Tau Sha (). A major part of the cove has been dammed to form the fresh water

Plover Cove Reservoir Plover Cove Reservoir, located within Plover Cove Country Park, in the northeastern New Territories, is the largest reservoir (water), reservoir in Hong Kong in terms of area, and the second-largest in terms of volume. It is the world's first ...

. A land area between

Sha Lan Tsuen Sha Lan Tsuen () or Shuen Wan Sha Lan () is a small village in Hong Kong, to the east of the Tai Po New Town. This village mainly comprises the Li (surname 李), Lee () family of the Hakka people, Hakka origin and they have been living there for ...

and

Ting Kok Ting Kok is an area and a village in New Territories, the northeastern part of Hong Kong. It is located on the northern shore of Plover Cove * Lee Ancestral Hall (). Built in the late 19th century. Not graded. There are more than 10 ancestral ...

is also known as Shuen Wan. The community of Shuen Wan Heung is made up of the eleven villages of A Shan,

Tung Tsz Tung Tsz (), sometimes transliterated as Tung Tsai, is an area near Shuen Wan (Plover Cove) in the Tai Po District of the New Territories, Hong Kong, under the hills of Pat Sin Leng. The area is mainly rural and has a few villages. The campus of ...

, Wai Ha, Ha Tei Ha,

Tseng Tau Tseng Tau () is a village of in the Shap Sze Heung area of Sai Kung North, in Tai Po District, Hong Kong, located near the shore of Three Fathoms Cove. Administration Tseng Tau is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Pol ...

, San Tau Kok, Wong Yue Tan, Chim Uk, Chan Uk, Lei Uk and Sha Lan. An administrative organ for Shuen Wan Heung was established in 1992. Historically, Ting Kok, together with the nearby

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

villages of Shan Liu, Lai Pik Shan, Lo Tsz Tin, Lung Mei and

Tai Mei Tuk Tai Mei Tuk is a place close to the Plover Cove Reservoir in the Tai Po District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Administration Tai Mei Tuk is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represe ...

belonged to the Ting Kok Yeuk () alliance.

Cross Tolo Harbour Open Race

The annual Cross Tolo Harbour Open Race, an open-water swimming event organized in September/October by Tai Po Sports Association, starts at

near Sam Mun Tsai and finishes at

. The course runs across Plover Cove in straight-line format and is approximately 2,600 metres in length.

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Bays of Hong Kong Tai Po District Coves {{TaiPo-geo-stub

Geography

Cross Tolo Harbour Open Race

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