Green Island, Hong Kong
Green Island Lighthouse in 2013. | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Green Island, Green Island, Central and Western District, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 22°17′01″N 114°06′41″E / 22.283725°N 114.111281°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Tower | |||||||||||||||||
| Constructed | 1875 (first) | ||||||||||||||||
| Construction | granite tower (both) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 12 metres (39 ft) (first) 17.5 metres (57 ft) (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current) cylindrical tower and lantern removed (first) | ||||||||||||||||
| Markings | white tower and lantern | ||||||||||||||||
| Heritage | declared monuments of Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
| Light | |||||||||||||||||
| First lit | 1905 (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Focal height | 37 metres (121 ft) (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens (first), 1st order Fresnel lens (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Range | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong no. | HK-069 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 青洲 | ||||||||||||||||
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Green Island (Chinese: 青洲) is an island off the northwest coast of Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, separated by the Sulphur Channel. A smaller island nearby to the east, uninhabited, is called Little Green Island (小青洲). Administratively, the two islands are part of Central and Western District.
Green Island is largely uninhabited and at the east coast are Green Island Reception Centre and Green Island Police Station. On the top of the hill is an office of the Marine Department and a lighthouse southwest guides the ships in Sulphur Channel.