Tai Mo Shan

Tai Mo Shan ; 大帽山
	Tai Mo Shan, 2008
height	957 m
location	Hong Kong , PR China
Coordinates	22 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N , 114 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 22 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N , 114 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E
Type	extinct volcano
rock	tuff

The Tai Mo Shan ( Chinese 大帽山 , Pinyin Dàmào Shān , Jyutping Daai ⁶ mou ⁶ Saan ¹ - "Big Hat Mountain") is the highest point in Hong Kong at 957 m . Due to the homophonic pronunciation in Cantonese , the highest mountain in the Special Administrative Region is colloquially known by the local citizens of Hong Kong as the “Great Fog Mountain ” ( 大霧山 / 大雾山 , Dàwù Shān , Jyutping Daai ⁶ mou ⁶ Saan ¹ - “ Fog Mountain ”).

It is located in the 1,440 hectare (14.40 km²) Tai Mo Shan Country Park ( 大帽山郊野公園 / 大帽山郊野公园 ), one of the 24 landscape protection parks ( 郊野公園 / 郊野公园 , English country park ) in the entire area from Hong Kong. The Tai Mo Shan is located on the border between the districts of Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long , partly also in the district of Tai Po , fairly central in the New Territories and therefore quite far from the city center on Hong Kong Island . The mountain is a popular hiking destination and the only place in Hong Kong where the air temperature can drop below freezing. There is a transmitter or meteorological station of the Hong Kong Observatory on the summit .