Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |
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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 |
Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |||||||||||
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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]
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]
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]
The beach has the following features: [1]