Siu A Chau
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Aerial view of Siu A Chau looking towards the South coast of Lantau Island
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| Geography | |
| Location | South of Lantau Island |
| Highest elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 小鴉洲 | ||||||||
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| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Síu ā jāu |
| Jyutping | Siu2 aa1 zau1 |
Siu A Chau (Chinese: 小鴉洲) is an uninhabited island of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island.
Siu A Chau is the northernmost and the second largest of the Soko Islands, after Tai A Chau. It is dumbbell-shaped and has a rugged indented coastline with steep slopes. The highest point of the island is at 74 meters. A beach lies to the south, and another to the north of the island.
In 1937, Walter Schofield, then a Cadet Officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service, wrote that Siu A Chau was "another settlement of early man" and that it had a "fishing village of huts very different from ordinary Chinese dwellings" at the time of writing.
There is a temple on the south side of the island.
A low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) facility began operation at Siu A Chau in July 2005. Low-level radioactive wastes which had previously been stored in disused tunnels, two factories and five hospitals were subsequently transferred to the Siu A Chau facility. Part of this waste was relocated from the disused Mount Parish air-raid tunnels at Queen's Road East, in Wan Chai. The 55 m3 of LLRW stored there had raised objections. The opening ceremony of the facility was held in June 2006.
Coordinates: 22°10′57″N 113°54′44″E / 22.18250°N 113.91222°E
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