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Tai Tam Harbour () is a

harbour A harbor (American English), or harbour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be Mooring, moored. The t ...

in the innermost part of Tai Tam Bay in the southeastern part of

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 the Southern District of Hong Kong. It is located at the

estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime enviro ...

of Tai Tam Tuk.

Geography

Tai Tam Harbour is a narrow

inlet An inlet is a typically long and narrow indentation of a shoreline such as a small arm, cove, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea. Overview In ...

to the inner bay area of Tai Tam Bay, in the south of

. The harbour is about 200 m wide and 2km long, with an avaregae depth of about 3 m.

History

The harbour was once a gathering water of Tanka boat people.

Settlements

The southwestern part of the harbour is formed by a round-shaped peninsula, where the Red Hill and several low-rise upmarket residences and

private housing estate A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Popular through ...

s are located, including the

Redhill Peninsula Redhill Peninsula () is a low rise private housing estate in Tai Tam, Hong Kong. It is built at a round-shaped peninsula situated in Southern District towards Tai Tam Harbour and Turtle Cove. The peninsula includes a 113 metres hill named ' Red H ...

, Red Hill Park (), Turtle Cove (), Le Palais () and Villa Rosa (). Tai Tam Tuk Village (), resited after the construction of

Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir The Tai Tam Reservoirs, also known as Tai Tam Reservoir Group, is a group of reservoir (water), reservoirs located in the Tai Tam Country Park in the eastern part of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The four reservoirs have a total storage capacit ...

, is located at the estuary by the harbour, along the western shore of the northwest inner bay of Tai Tam Harbour. Five villages are located along the western coast of Tai Tam Harbour. Form north to south: Lan Nai Wan Village (), Tung Ah Village (), Tung Ah Pui Village (), Ngan Hang Village () and (). They are collectively known as 'The Five Lan Nai Wan Villages'. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tai Tam Tuk was 76, the population of Lan Nai Wan was 4, the population of To Tei Wan was 54.

Features

Lan Nai Wan () is bay in the west of Tai Tam Harbour. It is the site of Lan Nai Wan Village and Lin Hok Sin Koon () temple. Remains of military installations, including lookouts and pillboxes can be found among the Five Lan Nai Wan Villages.

Hong Kong International School Hong Kong International School (HKIS) is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational Private school, private international school in Hong Kong with campuses in Tai Tam and Repulse Bay, serving students from All-through school, Reception 1 to Grade 1 ...

has a campus by the western shore of Tai Tam Harbour, next to the Tai Tam Scout Centre. Five structures related to the Tai Tam Tuk Raw Water Pumping Station are also located in the vicinity, namely, the pumping station building, its chimney shaft, two staff quarters and the senior staff quarters. These 5 structures are collectively declared monuments as part of the " 22 Historic Structures of Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs". Section 7 of the

Hong Kong Trail The Hong Kong Trail, opened in 1985, is a List of long-distance footpaths#Hong Kong, long-distance footpath from Victoria Peak to Big Wave Bay, Hong Kong Island, Big Wave Bay on Hong Kong Island. It is a walking route which passes through th ...

, from

Tai Tam Road Tai Tam Road in Hong Kong links the districts of Chai Wan and Stanley, Hong Kong, Stanley on Hong Kong Island. This road connects Chai Wan Road, the northern end of Shek O Road, Turtle Cove, Tai Tam and Stanley. The Tai Tam Reservoirs, Tai Ta ...

to To Tei Wan, follows the northern and western outline of Tai Tam Harbour.

Nature

Part of the estuary is fully of

mangrove A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers. They have particular adaptations to take in extra oxygen a ...

. The inner bay (northwest) of Tai Tam Harbour has been designated as a

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since 1975.

References

External links

Webpage about Lin Hok Sin Koon

Tai Tam Obelisks
at gwulo.com {{Coord, 22.23699, 114.23120, display=title Tai Tam Ports and harbours of Hong Kong