'Fan Lau' (
Chinese: 分流) is
peninsula and area in the southwest tip of
Lantau Island in
Hong Kong. It is also southwest end the territory of Hong Kong. The very end of the tip is 'Fan Lau Kok' (分流角). The peninsula separates water into 'Fan Lau Tung Wan' (分流東灣) in the east, and 'Fan Lau Sai Wan' (分流西灣) and 'Fan Lau Miu Wan' (分流廟灣) in the west.
'Fan Lau Tsuen' (分流村), a village is on the flat land between the peninsula and main trunk of Lantau Island. The stage 7 of
Lantau Trail passing near the peninsula.
Fan Lau is a Cantonese name that means separating water flows. The tip points to
Lantau Channel dividing the current from
Pearl River and the water of
South China Sea. Due to its military strategic position,
Fan Lau Fort was built in
Qing dynasty to defense the territory. Another archaeological founding on the peninsula is a
stone circle of
Neolithic and
Bronze Age with unidentified purpose. The Stone Circle and Fan Lau Fort are both
Declared monuments of Hong Kong.
External links
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Stone circle
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Aerial image from Google Map