Mount Parker (Hong Kong)

Mount Parker 柏 架 山
Mount Parker (back) and Taikoo Shing high-rise housing estate (太古城), 2008
height	532  m
location	Hong Kong , China
Coordinates	22 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 114 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 22 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  N , 114 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  E

The Mount Parker ( Chinese  柏架山 , Pinyin Bojia Shān , Jyutping Paak ³ ga ³ Saan ¹ ), according to the Victoria Peak 532 is the second highest peak meters on Hong Kong Iceland and is located in the Eastern District of Hong Kong . The nine-kilometer “ Mount Parker Road Green Trail ” ( 柏 架 山道 自然 徑  /  柏 架 山道 自然 径 ) runs at the foot of the mountain along Mount Parker Road. The mountain is part of the 1.32  hectare nature reserve " Tai Tam Country Park " ( 大潭 郊野 公園  /  大潭 郊野 公园 ).

In 1903, the Camellia crapnelliana ( 紅皮 糙 果茶  /  红皮 糙 果茶 , hóngpí cāoguǒchá , Jyutping hung ⁴ pei ⁴ cou ³ gwo ² caa ⁴ ) by WJ Tutcher was found on the mountain . The plant was listed as an endangered plant by the World Conservation Monitoring Center in 1998 . It is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

Web links

Commons : Mount Parker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Official Website - Tai Tam Country Park (AFCD) (Chinese, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Camellia crapnelliana (紅皮 糙 果茶 / 红皮 糙 果茶)", Chinese / English: [1] on efloras.org - Flora of China. Retrieved October 10, 2017
2. ↑ Camellia crapnelliana in the Kiel Botanical Garden , Christian Albrechts University in Kiel