Tung Chung
Tung Chung, meaning "eastern stream", is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent new towns, it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma Wan Chung in the north-western coast of Lantau Island.Photo: 84denniswong, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Notable Places in the Area
Hong Kong International Airport
Photo: Gossipguy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hong Kong International Airport, also known as Chek Lap Kok Airport, is located just off Lantau Island in western Hong Kong.
Pok To Yan
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pok To Yan, is a mountain on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, with a height of 529 metres above sea level.
Por Kai Shan
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Por Kai Shan, is a mountain on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, with a height of 482 metres above sea level.
Localities in the Area
Lantau
Photo: Andrewssi2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lantau is the largest island in Hong Kong. Despite having the airport and Disneyland, it offers quiet mountains and villages that seem a world away from the busy pace of life in Kowloon.
San Tau
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San Tau is a village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. San Tau.Former San Tau School.San Tau Beach Site of Special Scientific Interest along Tung Chung Bay.
Pak Mong
Photo: Yukwokpo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pak Mong is a village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong, located near Tai Ho Wan, a bay on the northern shore of Lantau Island, and northeast of Tung Chung.
Tung Chung
- Type: Town with 114,000 residents
- Description: area in Hong Kong
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.2869° or 22° 17' 13" northLongitude
113.9405° or 113° 56' 26" eastPopulation
114,000Elevation
45 metres (148 feet)Open Location Code
7PJM7WPR+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 186347142OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
11101593Wikidata ID
Q2914815Tung Chung Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Chinese: 东涌
- Chinese: 東涌
- Chinese: 東涌市中心
- Dutch: Tung Chung
- French: Tung Chung
- German: Tung Chung
- Hebrew: טונג צ'ונג
- Japanese: 東涌
- Korean: 뚱충
- Literary Chinese: 東涌
- Persian: تونگ چونگ
- Polish: Tung Chung
- Vietnamese: Đông Dũng
- Wu Chinese: 东涌
- Wu Chinese: 東涌
- Yue Chinese: 東涌
Other Places Named Tung Chung
In the Area
Localities
- Tung Chung Town CentreSuburb
- 古城Locality
- Tung Chung WestSuburb
- 黃家圍Village
- Ma Wan New VillageHamlet
- Tai PoLocality
Landmarks
- Tung Chung Station (Exit D)Bus station
- Tung Chung Crescent Sky GardenPark
- Tung Chung Fire Station Cum-Ambulance DepotFire station
- Tung Chung StationRailway station
- Tung Chung stationMetro station
- Tung Chung Post OfficePost office
Popular Destinations in Outlying Islands
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Tung Chung. Photo: 84denniswong, CC BY-SA 2.5.