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Lantau Island was surveyed by a French fleet by Alexandre Dalmypre around the Delta of the Pearl River in 1760. [8] Lantau Island was already clearly visible on Western maps around the Delta, on the most important waterway to Canton. [9] Lantau was once a base for pirates and smugglers, and was one of the haunts of Cheung Po Tsai in
Map showing the reclaimed land of Lantau Island, Lam Chau and Chek Lap Kok.. Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong's New Territories.Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the 12.48 square kilometres (4.82 sq mi) island for the current Hong Kong International Airport, which opened for commercial ...
Diagram of MTR rail transport for Lantau Island, Hong Kong licensed under the Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International by Wikimedian(s). Width 960
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This is via the North Lantau Highway and the Lantau Link, part of the Airport Core Programme completed in 1998. Most recently, since 2018, Lantau is the location of the Hong Kong port of entry for the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge. Lantau is also the only island in the Islands District with a well-developed public transport network on
The Lantau Trail (Chinese: 鳳凰徑), opened on 4 December 1984, is a long-distance footpath on Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The 70 kilometres (43 mi) trail is a loop starting and finishing in the rural town of Mui Wo. It is the third longest trail in Hong Kong, after MacLehose Trail and Wilson Trail. The Lantau Trail has ...
Pui O Beach, Lantau Island. Map showing location of Pui O. Pui O (Chinese: 貝澳, or 杯澳), formerly Lo Pui O (螺杯澳), is an area on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is a popular destination for holiday camping in Hong Kong. Visitors may also rent village houses for leisure.
The development of North Lantau was first proposed in the late 1970s when the government proposed to build a new airport at Chek Lap Kok. In the North Lantau Development Investigation Study published in 1983, the idea of building a new town of nearly 300,000 people in Tung Chung and Tai Ho along the coast of North Lantau was proposed. [3]