小鴉洲
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Aerial view of Siu A Chau looking towards the South coast of Lantau Island
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Location of Siu A Chau in Hong Kong
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| Location | South of Lantau Island |
| Highest elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 小鴉洲 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 小鸦洲 | ||||||||||||
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Siu A Chau (Chinese: 小鴉洲) is an uninhabited island[1] of Hong Kong, part of the Soko Islands group, located south of Lantau Island.
Siu A Chau is the northernmost and the second largest of the Soko Islands, after Tai A Chau. It is dumbbell-shaped[2] and has a rugged indented coastline with steep slopes.[3] The highest point of the island is at 74 meters.[4] A beach lies to the south, and another to the north of the island.[4][5]
Siu A Chau is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[6]
In 1937, Walter Schofield, then a Cadet Officer in the Hong Kong Civil Service, wrote that Siu A Chau was "another settlement of early man" and that it had a "fishing village of huts very different from ordinary Chinese dwellings" at the time of writing.[2]
There is a temple on the south side of the island.[4]
Alow-level radioactive waste (LLRW) facility began operation at Siu A Chau in July 2005. Low-level radioactive wastes which had previously been stored in disused tunnels, two factories and five hospitals were subsequently transferred to the Siu A Chau facility.[7] Part of this waste was relocated from the disused Mount Parish air-raid tunnelsatQueen's Road East, in Wan Chai. The 55 m3 of LLRW stored there had raised objections.[8][9] The opening ceremony of the facility was held in June 2006.[10]
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22°10′57″N 113°54′44″E / 22.18250°N 113.91222°E / 22.18250; 113.91222
