Fan Lau

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

* [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_21.php Stone circle]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&t=k&om=1&ll=22.199723,113.850503&spn=0.01792,0.028925 Aerial image from Google Map]