Tate's Cairn

Tate's Cairn
大老山
Tate's Cairn, viewed from the north. Tate's Cairn Meteorological Station is at the centre.
Highest point
Elevation	583 m (1,913 ft)
Coordinates	22°21′28.78″N 114°13′3.85″E / 22.3579944°N 114.2177361°E / 22.3579944; 114.2177361
Geography
Tate's Cairn Location of Tate's Cairn in Hong Kong
Location	Hong Kong

Tate's Cairn or Tai Lo Shan (Chinese: 大老山; lit. 'Big Brother Mountain') is a mountain in Hong Kong at 583 metres (1,913 ft) in height. It is one of the peaks of the Kowloon Ridge and falls within Ma On Shan Country Park. The peak began to appear on colonial maps in the 1860s but remained unnamed until the beginning of the 20th century.^[1]

Background

The origins of the peak's English name is unknown, but it may originate from maps created by a surveyor named George Passman Tate, Assistant Superintendent of Indian Survey Department who is responsible for government maps of Hong Kong and New Territories in 1899 and 1900.^[2]^[3]

Built in 1991 at a cost of HK$2 billion, Tate's Cairn Tunnel is a 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi)-long twin-tube vehicular tunnel running north–south beneath the peak.

The Stage 4 to 5 transition of the MacLehose Trail is located beneath the Cairn.

References

^ "HK Map Viewer". hkmaps.hk. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
^ "Explanatory Notes on Geodetic Datums in Hong Kong" (PDF).
^ "Explanatory Notes on Demarcation District Sheets (DD Sheets)". Land Surveyor. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2019.

v t e List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong (more than 300 peaks)
900 meters or more	Tai Mo Shan Lantau Peak
800 to 899 meters	Sunset Peak
700 to 799 meters	Sze Fong Shan Wo Yeung Shan Lin Fa Shan (Lantau) Miu Ko Toi Nei Lak Shan Yi Tung Shan Ap Kuk Lek Sam Shan Toi Wo Tong Kong Ma On Shan
600 to 699 meters	The Hunch Backs Yin Ngam Teng Grassy Hill Wong Leng Buffalo Hill West Buffalo Hill Kowloon Peak
500 to 599 meters	Shun Yeung Fung Tiu Shau Ngam Chau Ma Kong Middle Hill Lo Tin Teng Kai Kung Leng (Lam Tsuen) Castle Peak Lin Fa Shan, Tsuen Wan Tate's Cairn Tai To Yan Wong Chuk Shan Victoria Peak Kwun Yam Shan (Yuen Long) Lai Pek Shan Tung Shan Chung Li Fung Shek Nga Shan Kau Nga Ling Pyramid Hill Tung Yeung Shan Needle Hill Mount Parker Kao Lao Fung Kuai Li Fung Pok To Yan Fu Yung Pit Hsien Ku Fung Sheung Tsz Fung Tsao Kau Fung Pak Tai To Yan Kau Keng Shan Mount Kellett
400 to 499 meters (excerpt)	Lion Rock High West Sze Tsz Tau Shan Robin's Nest Ling Wui Shan Choi Wo Fung Hung Fa Chai Temple Hill Kwai Tau Leng Por Kai Shan Shek Uk Shan Muk Yue Shan Mount Gough Shek Lung Kung Sharp Peak Tai Hom Sham Wo Sheung Tung Lo Fu Tau Tin Fu Tsai Shan Keung Shan Beacon Hill Ngam Tau Shan Cheung Shan (Lantau Island) Cheung Yan Shan Cloudy Hill Mount Cameron Unicorn Ridge Mount Butler Kwun Yam Shan (Lantau) Violet Hill Jardine's Lookout Razor Hill Mount Nicholson Sham Hang Lek Middle Kau Nga Ling Siu Ma Shan Ngau Yee Shek Shan Tiu Tang Lung Luk Chau Shan Tai Cham Koi Luk Shan
300 to 399 meters (excerpt)	Tai Sheung Tok Kai Kung Shan (Sai Kung) Kau To Shan Turret Hill Hebe Hill Wa Mei Shan The Twins South Lui Ta Shek Lau Fa Tung Yuen Tau Shan Nga Ying Shan Sugar Loaf Peak Kai Kung Shan (Lam Tsuen) Mount Hallowes Tai Mun Shan Golden Hill Fan Kei Tok Tin Mei Shan The Twins North Bird's Hill Cham Tin Shan Mount Stenhouse Mount Collinson Lower Hebe Hill High Junk Peak Cheung Lin Shan Shek Sze Shan Tsim Fung Shan Smuggler's Ridge Tsing Yi Peak Miu Tsai Tun D'Aguilar Peak Wo Liu Tun Sze Shan Tai Tun Sai Wan Shan (Sai Kung) Pottinger Peak Kwai Au Shan Eagle's Nest Black Hill Kwun Yam Tung Lo Yan Shan Tai Che Tung Tap Chai Shan
200 to 299 meters (excerpt)	Tung Wan Shan Kung Um Shan Ma Tau Fung Tit Sze Kou Tai Leng Tung Tai Shan Brick Hill Shek O Peak Tai She Teng Tai Ngau Wu Teng Tin Ha Shan Fa Ping Teng Mount Davis Wan Cham Shan Ngau Wu Tun Kei Lak Chai Lung Fu Shan Ngo Sei Kai Sheung Yeung Shan Kwai Shan Ling Kok Shan Chiu Keng Wan Shan Tin Wan Shan Mau Wu Shan Bennet's Hill Tung Tau Teng Wang Tau Tun Nam Tong Teng Hung Heung Lo Fung Tai Yue Ngam Teng Piper's Hill Devil’s Peak Cheung Ngau Shan Kei Lun Shan San Sin Tseng Shan Tiu Chung Tai Shan Ping Tok Hang Shan Fa Shan Pai Tau Tun Cheung Ngau Shan Braemar Hill Boa Vista Pak Kok Shan
100 to 199 meters (excerpt)	Sai Wan Shan (Chai Wan) Mount Johnston Crow's Nest Ping Shan Tai Yam Teng Shum Wan Shan Sha Tin Heights Cheung Shan (Northern District) Obelisk Hill Hammer Hill Cheung Shan (Sai Kung) Tai Ling (Northern District) Ho Hok Shan Fake Yuk Kwai Shan Siu Lam Hill Shouson Hill Ngai Tau Red Hill To Fung Shan Po Keng Teng Chung Hom Shan Cheung Pai Tun Kai Shan Kai Kung Leng (Kat O) Por Lo Shan Hung Tang Shan Crest Hill Duckling Hill
99 meters or less (excerpt)	Checkerboard Hill Pak Fu Shan Finger Hill Wong Shek Garden Hill Woh Chai Shan Diamond Hill Scenic Hill Pak Hok Shan Fu Shan Lo Shue Leng Yuen Chau Kok Cha Kwo Ling Tai Tseng Shan Duke's Hill Ko Po Shan Chu Wong Ling King's Park Hill Signal Hill Crocodile Hill Kadoorie Hill Sai Shan Observatory Hill Lung Shan Kowloon Hok Ngam Teng Leighton Hill Quarry Hill Hung Hom Hill Lo Lung Hang Hill Shan Pui Leng Pak Fa Leng Sacred Hill Tai Wan Shan
Collectively	Hong Kong Three Sharp Peaks Sai Kung Three Sharp Peaks Dragon's Back Eight Mountains of Kowloon Mini Pat Sin 4 Hills of Kowloon The Twins Pat Sin Leng Wong Leng Castle Peak Hinterland Four Guardian Beasts of Tai O Kai Kung Leng (Lam Tsuen)

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Tate's Cairn

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