Wan Chai Gap

proper noun

A mountain pass in Wan Chai, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Wanchai Gap

  1. A mountain pass in Wan Chai, Wan Chai district, Hong Kong.

    West Group, RA, under Major Crowe evacuated their HQ at Wan Chai Gap and established a new HQ at Victoria Gap.

    2019, Philip Cracknell, “The Japanese Advance”, in Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=cPSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT356
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    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 February 1, Tony Banham, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong, 1941, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 19

    The assortment of hikes radiating from Wan Chai Gap, in the middle of Hong Kong Island, ranges from flat Bowen Road to steep Wan Chai Gap Road. Wan Chai Gap gives you access to all of Aberdeen Country Park with its beautiful reservoirs and diverse trails.

    2005 January 1, Alicia M. Kershaw, Ginger Thrash, Above The City: Hiking Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, page 53

    Runners had a fun day out in Friday's HKLRRC Boxing Day Race at Wan Chai Gap with most of the participants dressed up in costumes and braving the chilly weather.

    2014 December 26, Richard Castka, “Runners brave chilly weather in Boxing Day Run”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2021, Sport

    Peak Road is less than four kilometres in length, beginning near the Police Museum at Wan Chai Gap and terminating adjacent to Peak Tower.

    2015 July 17, Eric Cheung, “Hong Kong’s Peak Road the most expensive street in the world – survey”, in Hong Kong Free Press, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2024

Origin

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 灣仔峽 /湾仔峡
  • 灣仔峽 /湾仔峡gap in Hong Kong
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APA

Wan Chai Gap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wan%20Chai%20Gap

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“Wan Chai Gap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wan%20Chai%20Gap. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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