Lam Chau

This article is about the former island of Hong Kong. For the Hong Kong doctrine, see Lam chau (doctrine).

Lam Chau (Chinese: 欖洲) was an island in Hong Kong. It was one of the two original islands that made up the site of the current Hong Kong International Airport.

Lam Chau

Native name: 欖洲
Lam Chau Location on a map of Hong Kong Map showing the reclaimed land of Lantau Island, Lam Chau and Chek Lap Kok.
Geography
Location	West of Chek Lap Kok North of Lantau Island
Area	0.08 km^2 (0.031 sq mi)
Length	0.45 km (0.28 mi)
Highest elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Administration
Hong Kong
Demographics
Population	Uninhabited

Lam Chau
Traditional Chinese	欖洲
Simplified Chinese	榄洲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǎn Zhōu Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Láahm jāu Jyutping Laam5 zau1 IPA [laːm˩˧.tsɐu˥]

The small island lay to the west of Chek Lap Kok and north of Lantau Island. It had an area of 0.08 km² (0.031 sq mi) and was 450 m (1,480 ft) long. It had a narrow rocky shoreline and small hills (less than 100 m or 330 ft tall) covered by vegetation and shrub. Like Chek Lap Kok, geologically Lam Chau consisted of granite.

In the 1990s, the island was flattened and joined with Chek Lap Kok to form the airport island by land reclamation. The former island is now part of the southwest side of the airport grounds, located close to the western end of the south runway.

References

• Plant, G. W.; Covil, C. S; Hughes, R. A.; Airport Authority Hong Kong (1998). Site Preparation for the New Hong Kong International Airport. Thomas Telford. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-0-7277-2696-4.