Telegraph Bay | |
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 Telegraph Bay | |
  Telegraph Bay | |
| Coordinates:22°15′30″N114°7′45″E / 22.25833°N 114.12917°E /22.25833; 114.12917 | |
| Location | Southern District,Hong Kong |
Telegraph Bay orKong Sin Wan (Chinese:鋼綫灣), formerly known asTai Hau Wan (大口環), is a bay in the west shore nearPok Fu Lam, betweenSandy Bay andWaterfall Bay on theHong Kong Island,Hong Kong.[1] It is where theCyberport is located.[2]
In the early colonial days, the bay is marked as Taihowan Bay, a spelling variant of Tai Hau Wan. The nameTelegraphy Bay suggested that it is where the telegraph cable linked to overseas in late 19th century byCable and Wireless'Hong Kong operations.
The indigenous name, Tai Hau Wan (大口灣), means big mouth bay. It is now mistakenly referred to the north end of the bay as Tai Hau Wan (大口環), that is Sandy Bay (沙灣), a small bay in adjacent to. Note that character灣;wan; 'bay' is mistakenly written as環;wan; 'circle'.
Theendemic species ofBauhinia blakeana was first discovered near the bay.
