Meanings
- A peak in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
The British positions at Mount Butler, Mount Parker, Braemar Hill and the urban area of North Point were all under heavy assault.
2014, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1955 more examples
The topographical examination of the island having exhausted the Southern districts, now passed along the northern slop from the valley above Causeway Bay as far as Mount Parker without any satisfactory results, and was finally brought to a close in the Tytam Valley, where the nearest approximation to the required conditions was found.
1885 November 21, “THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S REPORT ON THE TYTAM WATER-WORKS.”, in The Hong Kong Daily Press, number 8710, Hongkong, page 2, column 6Church members climb up to “Jacob's Ladder” on Mount Parker at Hong Kong's Quarry Bay to pray for peace and harmony in the city.
1993 June 1, Jinbong Kim, Dwight P. Baker, J. Nelson Jennings, Megachurch Accountability in Missions:: Critical Assessment through Global Case Studies, William Carey Publishing, →ISBN, page 79A picture caption on Feb. 2 with an article about hiking in Hong Kong misstated the location of the trail shown. It is on Mount Parker, overlooking Quarry Bay on the northeast side of the island - not on the Dragon's Back ridge on the D'Aguilar Peninsula to the southeast.
2003 February 16, “Corrections”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023The battalion moved quickly inland, ascending the north-facing slopes of Mount Parker. There are still old stepped paths that lead up from that part of the Island shore to the heights of Mount Parker.
2019 July 15, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137Rubble and water rushed down the side of Mount Parker near Chai Wan, where roads and parking garages sat under standing water. Huge rocks blocked roads in Shau Kei Wan.
2023 September 7, Meaghan Tobin, “Extreme rain in Hong Kong turns city streets into raging rivers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024, Asia
Origin
Named after Sir William Parker, Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 柏架山
- 柏架山peak in Hong Kong
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Mount Parker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mount%20Parker
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