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Mountain range in New Territories, Hong Kong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kai Kung Leng (Chinese: 雞公嶺; lit. 'Rooster Ridge') is a mountain range in Lam Tsuen Country Park, New Territories, Hong Kong.[1]
Kai Kung Leng | |
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雞公嶺 | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 585 m (1,919 ft) Hong Kong Principal Datum |
Coordinates | 22°27′50.63″N 114°5′7.98″E / 22.4640639°N 114.0855500°E |
Geography | |
There are several peaks on this mountain range.[2] The tallest peak on the Kai Kung Leng mountain range is called Lo Tin Teng and is 585 metres (1,919 ft) above sea level. Nearby, a peak simply called Kai Kung Leng, with the summit-signalling trigonometric post, stands at 572 metres (1,877 ft). Slightly further away to the west, a subpeak called Kai Kung Shan is 374 metres (1,227 ft) tall.
In Hong Kong, there are other similarly named mountains in different regions of the city, such as Kai Kung Shan (399 m) in Sai Kung West Country Park and another Kai Kung Leng in Kat O (122 m). These locations are all popular hiking spots, so one must plan correctly when visiting.
In recent years, various media have reported some motocross bike users have been illegally biking on Kai Kung Leng, making the hillside completely into a piece of bare ground with intensified soil erosion, and knocking down some ancestral graves of indigenous villagers.[3]
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