Tolo Channel or Chek Mun Hoi Hap ( Chinese : 赤門海峽 ) is a channel south of Plover Cove in Hong Kong connecting Tolo Harbour to Mirs Bay . At Mirs Bay end, it is named North Channel .

The Chinese name Chek Mun means Red Gate. Hoi Hap is the modern term for a sea channel. It is named red gate for the distinctive red-coloured sedimentary rocks (rich in iron ) to its north.

Geology [ edit ]

The channel is the most obvious geologic fault in Hong Kong; the fault line runs in a south-westerly direction through Tide Cove towards Lai Chi Kok . The rocks at the north of the channel are sedimentary while those at the south are igneous . The rocks along the north coast of Tolo Channel and at Wong Chuk Kok Tsui are the oldest in Hong Kong. ^[1]

Conservation [ edit ]

Sham Shung Coast, a belt of coast between Sham Chung Wan ( 深涌灣 ; 'Sham Chung Bay') and Tung King Pai (Flat Reef), located on the southern side of Tolo Channel and in the north-eastern part of Sai Kung Peninsula , covering an area of 26 hectares, was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985. ^{[2] [3]}

See also [ edit ]

• Hong Kong National Geopark
• Lai Chi Chong
• Sham Chung
• Bun Sha Pai
• Che Lei Pai
• Chek Chau

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tolo Channel .

• Satellite image of Tolo Channel by Google Maps

22°28′47″N 114°18′36″E  /  22.47972°N 114.31000°E  / 22.47972; 114.31000

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