Shek Ngau Chau

proper noun

An uninhabited island of Tai Po district, Hong Kong.

Similar

Meanings

proper noun
  1. An uninhabited island of Tai Po district, Hong Kong.
    2 more examples

    In the second operation, police arrested 15 male asylum seekers after two speedboats sneaked into Hong Kong from the mainland and left them on Shek Ngau Chau in northeast Hong Kong waters and Tuen Mun before dawn. Nine of the men, who were Pakistanis, were initially found by a marine police launch on Shek Ngau Chau at about 5.26am.

    2009 October 22, Clifford Lo, “32 IIs caught on 7 boats in separate operations”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2024, Latest

    From Point 21, joining in sequential straight lines through the following 10 points and Point 1: 1. the coordinates Latitude of 22° 21' 54.5" N, Longitude 114°30'08.8" E (Point 22); 2. the mid-point between the most protruding tip on the coastline north of Dalu Wan and the beacon on Shek Ngau Chau (Point 23, Latitude 22°28'07.4" N, Longitude 114°27'17.6" E);[…]

    由21号点与一下10点和1号点直线连城: 1.北纬22°21'54.5",东经114°30'08.8"(22号点); 2.大鹿湾北面海岸线最突出部至石牛洲导航灯间的中点(23号点,北纬22°28'07.4",东经114°27'17.6");[…]

    2011 August [1997], “The Map of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China [中华人民共和国香港特别行政区行政区域图]”, in 陈丽红, editor, Laws and Regulations of the People's Republic of China: Constitutional Law [中华人民共和国法律法规汇编:宪法卷], China Legal Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 315

    Synonyms: Gau Tau

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn uninhabited island of Tai Po district, Hong Kong.

Similar

Origin

  1. Cantonese石牛洲
  2. EnglishShek Ngau Chau

From Cantonese 石牛洲.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 石牛洲
  • 石牛洲island
Cite this entry
APA

Shek Ngau Chau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shek%20Ngau%20Chau

MLA

“Shek Ngau Chau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shek%20Ngau%20Chau. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Shek Ngau Chau,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Shek%20Ngau%20Chau.

Source: Shek Ngau Chau on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.