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| Mirs Bay | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 大鵬灣 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大鹏湾 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Dapeng Bay | ||||||||||
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Mirs Bay (also known asTai Pang Wan,Dapeng Wan,Dapeng Bay orMers Bay;traditional Chinese:大鵬灣;simplified Chinese:大鹏湾) is abay in the northeast ofKat O andSai Kung Peninsula of Hong Kong.[1] The north and east shores are surrounded byYantian andDapeng New District ofShenzhen.Ping Chau stands in the midst of the bay.
Mirs Bay, along with other waterways near Hong Kong, was once was home to variouscoastal defences (e.g.Dapeng Fortress) used againstpirates during theMing Dynasty.[2]
Mirs Bay was used by thenAmericanCommodore (laterAdmiral)George Washington Dewey during theSpanish–American War as a refuge and repair facility for theUS Navy.[3]
In 1949, the colonial government imposed a curfew under thePublic Order Ordinance forbidding movement ofwatercraft in Mirs Bay between 10 PM and 6 AM without written permission of theHong Kong Police Force. For purposes of the order, the dividing line betweenTolo Channel and Mirs Bay runs fromWong Chuk Kok Tsui toNgo Keng Tsui (鵝頸咀;22°27′47″N114°18′08″E / 22.4629544°N 114.3022423°E /22.4629544; 114.3022423).[4]
Within the bay are numerous smaller harbors and inlets on the Hong Kong side:
The bay includes a number of islands, with an extensive group lying in the northwestern part of the bay, including:[7]
To the south of Mirs Bay, water flows out to theSouth China Sea.
