Mount Cameron

Widely distributed on Hong Kong Island and in the Territories. Mount Cameron, the hills above the Tai-tam reservoirs, Mount Violet and Victoria Peak on Hong Kong Island are particularly favoured localities.

1932, Geoffrey Alton Craig Herklots, The Hong Kong Naturalist, volumes 3-4, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 206

The Japanese bombed centers of resistance on Mount Davis (1), at Aberdeen (2) and on Mount Cameron (3). Severe fighting was reported in the vicinity of the race course (4).

1941 December 22, James MacDonald, “HONG KONG FORCE KEEPS ON FIGHTING; Messages Report Relentless Attacks by Japanese on Hard-Pressed Garrison”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2026, page 5, column 2

Cameron Mansions sits right on the summit of Mount Cameron, one of those sub-Peaks which nonetheless commands a panoramic view of the harbour.

1993 August 29, “My search for the secret samurai”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2021

The southern anchor moves from Wong Nai Chung Gap to Mount Nicholson, then Mount Cameron, and finally Wan Chai Gap and a little west. Further south is the 'central sector'.

2003, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 19