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[[File:Kowloon_Rock.jpg|275px|thumb|right|Kowloon Rock]] |
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[[File:Victoria City and Kowloon 1915.jpg|thumb|300px|left|1915 map showing the location of Kowloon Rock]] |
[[File:Victoria City and Kowloon 1915.jpg|thumb|300px|left|1915 map showing the location of Kowloon Rock]] |
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'''Kowloon Rock''' ({{zh|t=九龍石}}) is an [[island]] in the middle of [[Kowloon Bay]] in [[Hong Kong]], near the runway of the former [[Kai Tak Airport]]. Administratively, it is part of [[Kowloon City District]]. The rock has no vegetation, as it is a rock. An [[Isolated danger mark|isolated danger daymark]] is installed to alert passing vessels. |
'''Kowloon Rock''' ({{zh|t=九龍石}}) is an [[island]] in the middle of [[Kowloon Bay]] in [[Hong Kong]], near the runway of the former [[Kai Tak Airport]]. Administratively, it is part of [[Kowloon City District]]. The rock has no vegetation, as it is a rock. An [[Isolated danger mark|isolated danger daymark]] is installed to alert passing vessels. |
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The island is now sheltered in the [[To Kwa Wan]] [[typhoon shelter]] by a dyke across the bay. |
The island is now sheltered in the [[To Kwa Wan]] [[typhoon shelter]] by a dyke across the bay. |
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Revision as of 08:41, 25 July 2022
Kowloon Rock (Chinese: 九龍石) is an island in the middle of Kowloon Bay in Hong Kong, near the runway of the former Kai Tak Airport. Administratively, it is part of Kowloon City District. The rock has no vegetation, as it is a rock. An isolated danger daymark is installed to alert passing vessels.
The island is now sheltered in the To Kwa Wan typhoon shelter by a dyke across the bay.
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