The Geography of Hong Kong

Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Geographic coordinates: 22 15 N, 114 10 E

Area:
total: 1,092 kmē
land: 1,042 kmē
water: 50 kmē Land boundaries:
total: 30 km

border countries: China 30 km (Shenzhen Special Economic Zone) Coastline: 733 km

Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nm Total sea area of Hong Kong (including Victoria Harbour): 1652.21 kmē. Climate: tropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall Average temperature: 23 degree C
Average annual precipitation: 2,214 mm See also: Climate of Hong Kong Terrain: hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: South China Sea, 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan, 958 m, in the New Territories Principal peaks of Hong Kong:

Tai Mo Shan - 958 m
Lantau Peak (Fung Wong Shan) - 934 m, on Lantau Island
Sunset Peak (Tai Tung Shan) - 869 m, on Lantau Island
Ma On Shan - 702 m
Wong Leng - 639 m
Kowloon Peak (Fei Ngo Shan) - 602 m
Castle Peak - 583 m
Tate's Cairn (Tai Lo Shan) - 577 m
Kai Kung Leng - 572 m
Tai To Yan - 566 m
Victoria Peak - 552 m, on Hong Kong Island
Needle Hill - 532 m
Mount Parker - 532 m
Lion Rock - 495 m
High West - 494 m
Sharp Peak (Nam She Tsim) - 468 m
Beacon Hill - 457 m
Violet Hill - 433 m
High Junk Peak (Tiu Yue Yung) - 344 m

Natural resources: outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar Land use:
arable land: 6%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 1%
forests and woodland: 20%
other: 72% (1997 est.)
Irrigated land: 20 kmē (1997 est.) Natural hazards: occasional typhoons Environment - current issues: air and water pollution from rapid urbanization See also: Ecology of Hong Kong Geography - note: 235 islands including Hong Kong Island, Lantau Island, Cheung Chau, Lamma Island, Peng Chau and Tsing Yi.

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