Lam Chau
Encyclopedia
Lam Chau was one of the two original island
s that made up the site of the current Hong Kong International Airport
.
The small island lay to the west of Chek Lap Kok
and north of Lantau Island
. It had an area of 0.08 km² and was 450 metres (1,476.4 ft) long. It had a narrow rocky shoreline and small hills (less than 100 metres tall) covered by vegetation and shrub. Like Chep Lap Kok, geologically Lam Chau consisted for granite
.
In the 1990s the island was flattened and joined with Chek Lap Kok to form the airport island by land reclamation. The former island is now part of the southwest side of the airport grounds, located close to the western end of the south runway.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
s that made up the site of the current Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , being built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from its predecessor, the closed Kai Tak Airport.The airport opened for commercial...
.
The small island lay to the west of Chek Lap Kok
Chek Lap Kok
Chek Lap Kok was an island in the western waters of Hong Kong. Together with the smaller Lam Chau, it was leveled and merged via land reclamation into the platform for the current Hong Kong International Airport, which opened for commercial operations in 1998...
and north of Lantau Island
Lantau Island
Lantau Island , based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong...
. It had an area of 0.08 km² and was 450 metres (1,476.4 ft) long. It had a narrow rocky shoreline and small hills (less than 100 metres tall) covered by vegetation and shrub. Like Chep Lap Kok, geologically Lam Chau consisted for granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
.
In the 1990s the island was flattened and joined with Chek Lap Kok to form the airport island by land reclamation. The former island is now part of the southwest side of the airport grounds, located close to the western end of the south runway.