Tang Lung Chau

Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
Kap Sing

Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
Hong Kong
Location	Tang Lung Chau Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′23.1″N 114°03′47.6″E / 22.339750°N 114.063222°E / 22.339750; 114.063222
Year first constructed	1912
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	metal skeletal tower
Tower shape	square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower and lantern
Height	12 metres (39 ft)
Focal height	37 metres (121 ft)
Range	18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 5s.
Admiralty number	P3530.6
NGA number	19520
ARLHS number	HOK-004
Hong Kong number	HK-062

Tang Lung Chau (Chinese: 燈籠洲; Sidney Lau: Dang¹ Lung⁴ Jau¹) is a small island located off the south coast of Ma Wan to the north-west of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is administratively part of Tsuen Wan District.

HK-062

Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse and the former light keeper's house, located on Tang Lung Chau, was declared a monument on 29 December 2000.

The lighthouse, also commonly known as Kap Sing Lighthouse, was put into service on 29 April 1912; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong. It is a skeletal steel tower of 11.8 metres high with a white lantern on top. The steel tower and light apparatus were obtained from England. The lighthouse, unmanned and automated, is now under the management of Marine Department.

There is a bedroom, a kitchen, a latrine and a store room in the adjoining brick light keeper's house. There was no spring or fresh water supply on the island so the light keeper of Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse used rainwater which was collected from the roof and then diverted into an underground tank.

View of Ma Wan, with Tang Lung Chau in the upper part of the picture

View of Tang Lung Chau from the Tsing Ma Bridge. The skyline of Hong Kong Island is visible in the background.

Coordinates: 22°20′24″N 114°03′45″E / 22.3401°N 114.0624°E / 22.3401; 114.0624