Turret Hill Explained

Turret Hill
Coordinates:	22.3913°N 114.2242°W
Label Position:	top
Map:	Hong Kong
Elevation M:	399
Other Name:	女婆山

Turret Hill, also known as Nui Po Shan, is a peak southeast of Tolo Harbour in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It has a height of 399 metres. The mountain is located in the Sha Tin District.^[1]

History

A quarry named Turret Hill Quarry was located on the southeastern flank of Turret Hill. Established in the mid-1960s, it initially served as a borrow area, and was converted into an aggregate quarry in the late 1970s. Rock extraction ceased at the quarry in 1984.^{[2] [3]}

Construction work to move the nearby Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to an artificial cave within Nui Po Shan started in 2021.^[4]

See also

• List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong
• Ma On Shan Country Park
• Mining in Hong Kong

Further reading

• Book: Irfan . T.Y. . January 1992 . GEO Report No. 7. Aggregate Properties of Some Hong Kong Rocks . Section 2: Aggregate Properties of Monzonite from Turret Hill Quarry . . 8 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: HK District Council Constituency Map. HK Government Electoral Affairs Commission.
2. Book: Irfan . T.Y. . Nash . J.M. . January 1992 . GEO Report No. 7. Aggregate Properties of Some Hong Kong Rocks . Section 1: Aggregate Properties of Medium-Grained Granite from Turret Hill Quarry . . 8 .
3. Web site: Information Note 30/2021. Quarries in Hong Kong . March 2021 . .
4. News: Yeo . Rachel . 25 March 2021 . Construction of a cave to relocate sewage treatment plant and free up 28 hectares of land to start in Hong Kong later this year . .