Sha Chau

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Sha Chau (Chinese: 沙洲, lit. Sand Island) is an island at the northwest water of Hong Kong. It is off the shore of Lung Kwun Tan near Tuen Mun in the mainland New Territories, separated by waterway of Urmston Road. The island is together with Lung Kwu Chau and Pak Chau (白洲) at its north fall to the Lung Kwu Chau and Sha Chau Marine Park to protect the wildlife in Hong Kong from November 1996. It is known as a dolphin sanctuary where is the habitat for the Chinese white dolphin.

[edit] See also

• Islands of Hong Kong
• Outlying Islands

[edit] External links

• Environment study from WWF HK
• Aerial image from Google Map