Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |
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 Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |
  Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |
| Coordinates: 22°12′34″N 114°01′51″E / 22.20932°N 114.03073°E | |
| Location | Cheung Chau, Hong Kong |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 230 metres |
| Patrolled by | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
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| Traditional Chinese | 長洲東灣泳灘 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长洲东湾泳滩 | ||||||||||
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Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach is a gazetted beach facing Tung Wan on the east coast of Cheung Chau, Hong Kong. The beach is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong Government.[1] The beach is 230 metres long and is rated as Grade 1 by the Environmental Protection Department for its water quality.[2] It is one of the two beaches in Cheung Chau along with Kwun Yam Beach and the beach is the largest in the island.[3]
History
[edit]The rock carvings located near the beach were reported by geologists in 1970 and were gazetted as declared monuments of Hong Kong in 1982.[4][5]
Usage
[edit]The beach is long and narrow and the whole journey will take 15 minutes and the beach is where Hong Kong's first Olympic medallist, Lee Lai-shan, practised windsurfing when she was young.[6]
Features
[edit]The beach has the following features:[1]
- Changing rooms
- Showers
- Toilets
- Water sports centre
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Leisure and Cultural Services Department - Beaches and Swimming Pools - Islands". Leisure and Cultural Services Department. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Environmental Protection Interactive Centre : Beach Water Quality Data". Environmental Protection Department. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Beach". Cheung Chau. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Rock Carvings on Cheung Chau - Declared Monuments - Antiquities and Monuments Office". Antiquities and Monuments Office. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "S.G. Davis, Shirlee Edelstein, Madeleine H. Tang, "Rock Carvings in Hong Kong and the New Territories", 26 September 1973". ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Peters, Ed (20 October 2020). "San San at 50: Hong Kong's only Olympic gold medallist on staying healthy and positive, and the importance of sport | South China Morning Post". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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