The Sai Kung Volcanic Rock Region of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark — hexagonal columns and geo-wonders.
A complete introduction to the Sai Kung Volcanic Rock Region of the Hong Kong UNESCO Global Geopark — how 140-million-year-old hexagonal columns formed, the park's two regions, what to see, and how to visit responsibly.
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The High Island Reservoir East Dam is the best place on Earth to stand beside rhyolitic hexagonal rock columns. Here's what to see, how the reservoir was built, and how to get there.
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Sharp Island is the easiest geopark island to visit from Sai Kung Town — home to a walk-across tombolo sandbar, the quirky 'pineapple bun' rock, a swimming beach and an easy nature trail.
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An explainer on Sai Kung's hexagonal rock columns — how a 140-million-year-old supervolcano made them, why rhyolite is rare, the physics of columnar jointing, and how they compare to the Giant's Causeway.
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The Ung Kong Group — Wang Chau, Basalt Island and Bluff Island — guards Hong Kong's largest sea cave plus dramatic arches and columnar cliffs, seen only by boat or experienced kayak.
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The Ninepin Group (Kwo Chau) is a cluster of remote, exposed islands cloaked in hexagonal volcanic columns, reachable only by boat in calm weather — a wild outpost of the Sai Kung geopark.
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Po Pin Chau is a spectacular sea stack near the High Island East Dam — a sheer island of vertical hexagonal columns sliced from the mainland by erosion, seen from the clifftop or by boat.
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