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Hong Kong Parkview is the largest private housing estate in Tai Tam, Hong Kong. [1] It is located at 88 Tai Tam Reservoir Road, Hong Kong Island, between Jardine's Lookout and Violet Hill . To its west is the Wong Nai Chung Gap .
Map of Tai Tam (1845) Tai Tam or Tytam is an area in Southern District on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.Tai Tam means a big pool in the Chinese language which illustrates a triangular bay, namely Tai Tam Bay between Stanley Peninsula, D'Aguilar Peak and Tai Tam Tuk ([tàːi tʰȁːm tók̚], lit. innermost of Tai Tam, also known as Tytam Took).
Tai Tam Country Park. The dam of Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir in Tai Tam Country Park. Tai Tam Country Park (Chinese: 大潭郊野公園; Jyutping: daai6 taam4 gaau1 je5 gung1 jyun4) is a country park in the Tai Tam area in the south end of Hong Kong Island. At 1,315 hectares (3,250 acres), the park consists of one fifth of Hong Kong Island's land ...
Phase II started in 1913. The Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir was built from 1914 to 1918 with a capacity of 1.42 billion imperial gallons (6,500,000 m 3). The Tai Tam Water Supply System could basically meet the needs of the Hong Kong Island at that time. The Tai Tam Group of Reservoirs is a reminiscence of the water supply history of early Hong Kong.
Jardine's Lookout (Chinese: 渣甸山) is a mountain in Wan Chai District, Hong Kong with a height of 433 metres (1,421 ft). [1] It is located east of Happy Valley, south of Causeway Bay, and west of Braemar Hill and north of Tai Tam Country Park.
Wong Nai Chung Reservoir was the third reservoir in Hong Kong, built in 1889 in Tai Tam Reservoir Road, Wong Nai Chung. Before closure, it had only water storage capacity of just 27 million imperial gallons (120,000 m 3), only 38% of the size of its Pok Fu Lam counterpart.
Tai Tam Road is one of the two roads that links Tai Tam and the urban district. The other road is Repulse Bay Road . Most importantly, Tai Tam Road is the sole link for glorious developments like the Redhill Peninsula , to the urban core, or vice versa, as the Redhill zone is high in economic activities and is very rich.
In all, the Wilson Trail traverses eight of the Country Parks. On Hong Kong Island, Tai Tam Country Park and the adjacent Quarry Bay Country Park begin the journey. Across the harbour, there is a gap where the trail runs through hills outside the parks. Then come the three parks named Ma On Shan, Lion Rock, and Kam Shan.