Green Island, Hong Kong
Green Island Lighthouse in 2013. | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Green Island, Green Island, Central and Western District, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China | ||||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 22°17′01″N 114°06′41″E / 22.283725°N 114.111281°E | ||||||||||||||||
| Tower | |||||||||||||||||
| Constructed | 1875 (first) | ||||||||||||||||
| Construction | granite tower (both) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 12 metres (39 ft) (first) 17.5 metres (57 ft) (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern (current) cylindrical tower and lantern removed (first) | ||||||||||||||||
| Markings | white tower and lantern | ||||||||||||||||
| Heritage | declared monuments of Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
| Light | |||||||||||||||||
| First lit | 1905 (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Focal height | 37 metres (121 ft) (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens (first), 1st order Fresnel lens (current) | ||||||||||||||||
| Range | 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) | ||||||||||||||||
| Characteristic | Fl W 10s | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong no. | HK-069 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||
| Chinese | 青洲 | ||||||||||||||||
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Green Island is an island off the northwest coast of Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Island, separated by the Sulphur Channel. A smaller island nearby to the east, uninhabited, is called Little Green Island (小青洲). Administratively, the two islands are part of Central and Western District.