Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |
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Beach | |
 Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |
  Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach | |
| Coordinates:22°12′34″N114°01′51″E / 22.20932°N 114.03073°E /22.20932; 114.03073 | |
| Location | Cheung Chau, Hong Kong |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 230 metres |
| Patrolled by | Leisure and Cultural Services Department |
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| Traditional Chinese | 長洲東灣泳灘 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长洲东湾泳滩 | ||||||||||
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Cheung Chau Tung Wan Beach is a gazetted beach facing Tung Wan on the east coast ofCheung Chau, Hong Kong. The beach is managed by theLeisure and Cultural Services Department of theHong Kong Government.[1] The beach is 230 metres long and is rated as Grade 1 by theEnvironmental Protection Department for its water quality.[2] It is one of the two beaches in Cheung Chau along with Kwun Yam Beach and the beach is the largest in the island.[3]
The rock carvings located near the beach were reported by geologists in 1970 and were gazetted asdeclared monuments of Hong Kong in 1982.[4][5]
The beach is long and narrow and the whole journey will take 15 minutes and the beach is where Hong Kong's first Olympic medallist,Lee Lai-shan, practised windsurfing when she was young.[6]
The beach has the following features:[1]
