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Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong 's New Territories. Unlike the smaller Lam Chau, it was only partially leveled when it was assimilated via land reclamation into the 12.48 square kilometres (4.82 sq mi) island for the current Hong Kong International Airport, which opened for commercial aviation in 1998.
- 3.02 km² (1.17 sq mi)
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- 4 km (2.5 mi)
- North of Lantau Island
Hong Kong International Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) is an international airport located on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predecessor, the former Kai Tak Airport.
- 8.5 m / 27 ft
- Chek Lap Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
- 1,196,000 86.5%
- Hong Kong
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Chek Lap Kok (Hanzi: 赤鱲角) adalah sebuah pulau di wilayah perairan di barat Hong Kong. Dengan luas 12.70 kilometer persegi, pulau ini merupakan pulau terbesar keempat di Hong Kong. Bandara Internasional Hong Kong berlokasi di pulau ini, yang direklamasi untuk proyek pembangunan bandara tersebut.
- 赤𫚭角
- "Red Perch Cape"
- 赤鱲角
Lantau Island (also Lantao Island, Lan Tao or Lan Tau) is the largest island in Hong Kong, located west of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and is part of the New Territories. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong.
- 147.16 km² (56.82 sq mi)
- Southwest Hong Kong
- 934 m (3064 ft)
- 105,000 (2011)
Hong Kong ( Hanzi: 香港, Kanton: [hœ́ːŋ.kɔ̌ːŋ] ⓘ ); resminya Provinsi Otonomi Khusus Hong Kong) adalah sebuah provinsi swatantra yang terletak di bagian tenggara Tiongkok di estuari Sungai Mutiara. [17] .
- Hong Kongese, Hongkonger
Chek Lap Kok Island is a small and hilly island situated on the north coast of Lantau Island with an area of 2.8km 2. It has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The island was known as Chek Lap Chau since the 16th century.
Site of the Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok Terminal | The Geography of Transport Systems. Source: Background image from Google Earth. The construction of Hong Kong Sky Hong Kong International Airport required the setting of a completely new island. It is serviced by two parallel runways, one for take-offs (7R/25L) and the other for landings (7L/25R).
