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=== Mountains, peaks and hills === Most hills across the middle of the island are included within the [[Conservation in Hong Kong#Country parks|country parks]]. {{Main article|List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong}} {| class="sortable wikitable" !Name !Height (in metres) !Country Park !District |- |[[Victoria Peak]] {{NoteTag|Named after [[British monarch]] [[Queen Victoria]], it is also known as Mount Austin, named after former [[Director of Audit (Hong Kong)|Auditor General]], [[Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong|Colonial Secretary]] and [[Administrator of Hong Kong]] [[John Gardiner Austin]] and is known locally as The Peak. Victoria Peak was once a volcano}} |552 |[[Pok Fu Lam Country Park]] |[[Central and Western District]] |- |[[Mount Parker (Hong Kong)|Mount Parker]] {{Notetag|Named after [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] [[Sir William Parker, 1st Baronet, of Shenstone]]}} |532 |[[Tai Tam Country Park]] |[[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern District]] |- |[[Mount Kellett]] {{Notetag|Named after [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] [[Henry Kellett|Sir Henry Kellett]]}} |501 ! | rowspan="3" |Central and Western District |- |[[High West]] |494 |Pok Fu Lam Country Park |- |[[Mount Gough]]{{Notetag|Named after [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough]], [[British people|British]] [[Commander-in-Chief, China]] and [[Commander-in-Chief, India]]}} |479 ! |- |[[Mount Cameron (Hong Kong)|Mount Cameron]] {{Notetag|Named after [[British Army]] [[General (British Army)|General]] [[William Gordon Cameron|Sir William Gordon Cameron]], former [[Governor of Hong Kong|Administrator of Hong Kong]]}} |439 |[[Aberdeen Country Park]] |[[Wan Chai District]] |- |[[Mount Butler]] |436 | rowspan="3" |Tai Tam Country Park |Eastern District |- |[[Violet Hill (Hong Kong)|Violet Hill]] | rowspan="2" |433 |[[Southern District, Hong Kong|Southern District]] |- |[[Jardine's Lookout]]{{Notetag| Named after British merchant [[William Jardine (merchant)|William Jardine]] and [[Hong (business)|Hong]] [[Jardine Matheson]]}} | rowspan="2" |Wan Chai District |- |[[Mount Nicholson]] {{NoteTag|Named after [[Lieutenant]] [[W.C.A. Nicholson]], [[Royal Hong Kong Regiment|Hong Kong Volunteer Corps]] [[Adjutant]]}} |430 |[[Aberdeen Country Park]] |- |[[Siu Ma Shan]] |424 | rowspan="3" |Tai Tam Country Park |Eastern District |- |[[The Twins, Hong Kong|The Twins South]] |386 | rowspan="4" |Southern District |- |[[The Twins, Hong Kong|The Twins North]] |363 |- |[[Mount Collinson]] |348 | rowspan="2" |[[Shek O Country Park]] |- |[[D'Aguilar Peak]]{{Notetag|Named after [[British Army]] [[Major general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[George Charles D'Aguilar|Sir George Charles D'Aguilar]], Former [[Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong]]}} |325 |- |[[Pottinger Peak]]{{Notetag|Named after [[Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] [[Henry Pottinger|Sir Henry Pottinger]], 1st [[Governor of Hong Kong]] and former [[East India Company]] [[Colonel]]}} |312 ! rowspan="3" | |Eastern District |- |[[Brick Hill (Hong Kong)|Brick Hill]]{{Notetag|Also known as Nam Long Shan}} |284 |Southern District |- |[[Mount Davis, Hong Kong|Mount Davis]]{{Notetag|Named after [[John Francis Davis|Sir John Francis Davis]], 2nd [[Governor of Hong Kong]]}} |269 | rowspan="2" |Central and Western District |- |[[Lung Fu Shan]]{{Notetag|Also known as Hill Above Belcher's }} |253 |[[Lung Fu Shan Country Park]] |- |[[Braemar Hill]]{{Notetag| Likely named after the Scottish village of [[Braemar]] by British officials}} |200 ! rowspan="5" | |Eastern District |- |[[Shouson Hill]]{{Notetag|Named after [[Shouson Chow|Sir Chow Shouson]], Senior official in the [[Qing dynasty]] and later prominent businessman and politician in Hong Kong}} |140 |Southern District |- |[[Leighton Hill]] | | rowspan="3" |Wan Chai District |- |[[Morrison Hill]] {{NoteTag|Named after [[John Robert Morrison]], Chinese interpreter and [[British people|British]] linguist and Colonial Secretary. The hill was levelled Praya at the time of the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s which used its constituent rock/earth to reclaim land from the harbour, extending the shoreline away from the area.}} | |- |[[Mount Parish]]{{Notetag|Named after [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[John E. Parish]], Naval Officer commanding of [[China Station]] between 1873 and 1876}} | |}
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