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Needle Hill, Hong Kong
針山
Stage 7 of the MacLehose Trail near the summit of Needle Hill in December 2006
Highest point
Elevation532 m (1,745 ft)
Hong Kong Principal Datum Edit this on Wikidata
Coordinates22°23′14″N 114°09′38″E / 22.387089°N 114.160486°E / 22.387089; 114.160486
Geography
Needle Hill, Hong Kong is located in Hong Kong
Needle Hill, Hong Kong
Needle Hill, Hong Kong
Location of Needle Hill in Hong Kong
LocationNeedle Hill Hong Kong

Needle Hill or Cham Shan (Chinese: 針山) is a mountain in New Territories, Hong Kong. It has an altitude of 532 m.[1] This is a part of a popular hiking route including Grassy Hill and Tai Mo Shan. The mountain got its name due to the resemblance of a needle by its peak.

Needle Hill
Traditional Chinese針山
Simplified Chinese针山
Literal meaningNeedle Mountain
Needle Hill
Needle Hill viewed from the Shing Mun Reservoir in December 2010 (image by Vox Solis)
  1. ^ Lands Department (February 2014), Hong Kong Geographic Data (PDF), retrieved 2014-09-12

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