Telegraph Bay Explained

Telegraph Bay
Map:Hong Kong
Location:Southern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.2583°N 114.1292°W
Type:Bay

Telegraph Bay or Kong Sin Wan, formerly known as Tai Hau Wan, is a bay in the west shore near Pok Fu Lam, between Sandy Bay and Waterfall Bay on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.[1] It is where the Cyberport is located.[2]

History

In the early colonial days, the bay is marked as Taihowan Bay, a spelling variant of Tai Hau Wan. The name Telegraphy Bay suggested that it is where the telegraph cable linked to overseas in late 19th century by Cable and Wireless' Hong Kong operations.

The indigenous name, Tai Hau Wan (Chinese: 大口灣), means big mouth bay. It is now mistakenly referred to the north end of the bay as Tai Hau Wan, that is Sandy Bay, a small bay in adjacent to. Note that character is mistakenly written as .

The endemic species of Bauhinia blakeana was first discovered near the bay.

Notes and References

  1. Bamber . Roger N. . Evans . N. J. . Robbins . Roni S. . 2008-03-01 . The marine soft‐sediment benthic communities of Hong Kong: a comparison of submarine cave and open habitats . Journal of Natural History . 42 . 9-12 . 953–965 . 10.1080/00222930701850604 . 0022-2933.
  2. Ostrov . Benjamin C. . 2002 . Hong Kong's CyberPort: Do Government and High Tech Mix? . The Independent Review . 7 . 2 . 221–236 . 1086-1653.