Soko Islands

Coordinates: 22°10′26.0394″N 113°54′39.6″E / 22.173899833°N 113.911000°E / 22.173899833; 113.911000
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Soko Islands
索罟群島
Hanyu Pinyin
Suǒgǔ Qúndǎo
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSok gú kwàhn dóu
JyutpingSok3 gu2 kwan4 dou2
Aerial view of Siu A Chau looking towards the South coast of Lantau Island.
Tin Hau Temple on Tai A Chau
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The Soko Islands (Chinese: 索罟群島) are a group of islands in Hong Kong. The group consists of Tai A Chau, Siu A Chau and several smaller nearby islands, in the southwesternmost waters of the territory, to the southwest of Lantau Island.

An older name for this island group was "Sok Kwu Kwan To" (Fishing Net Islands).[1]

The islands are mainly composed of granite and a band of

Pearl River estuary.[2]

Islands

The islands of the group are:

History

Now uninhabited,

boat people. Vietnamese detention centres were established in Hong Kong following waves of Vietnamese fleeing after the fall of Saigon in 1975. The Tai A Chau Detention Centre (IN59) was closed in September 1996.[2]

In 2016,

Chinese white dolphin.[4][5]

In February 2020, OceansAsia reported finding 70 face masks washed up on one beach of the islands. The same beach was examined the following November, and OceansAsia volunteers reported collecting 54 more masks.[6][7][8]

Conservation

The soft shore beach of Siu A Chau can attract

green turtles and the islands were proposed to be a protected marine park.[9]

The South Lantau Marine Park (南大嶼海岸公園) was designated as a

finless Porpoises.[3]

Education

The Soko Islands are in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 97. Within the school net are three aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) on Cheung Chau; no government schools are in this net.[10]

References

  1. ISBN 978-988-8028-38-2
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    ISBN 978-962-209-847-3
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  3. ^ a b "South Lantau Marine Park". Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong electric company plans floating LNG terminal near Soko Islands". South China Morning Post. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  5. ^ "'Clean up islands and waters before marine park designation'". South China Morning Post. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  6. ^ "'More masks than jellyfish': coronavirus waste ends up in ocean". the Guardian. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  7. ^ "More than 1.56 billion face masks could end up polluting oceans: report". CTVNews. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Discarded coronavirus masks clutter Hong Kong's beaches, trails". Reuters. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  9. ISBN 978-962-209-641-7
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  10. ^ "POA School Net 97" (PDF). Education Bureau. Retrieved 12 September 2022.

External links

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