Tai Tam Country Park
Tai Tam Country Park (Template:Zh) is a country park in the Tai Tam area in the south end of Hong Kong Island. At Template:Convert, the park consists of one fifth of Hong Kong Island's land mass.[1] During World War II, the Japanese encountered strong resistance from British defence forces here. So that the park preserves bloody memories from that period.[2]
The park was designated in 1977 with attractions like:
- Jardine's Lookout
- Tai Tam Upper Reservoir
- Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
- Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir
- Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir
- Tai Tam Forts
- Mount Parker, the second highest peak (Template:Convert) on Hong Kong Island
- Mount Butler
Granite rocks in the north and volcanic rocks in the south form the geological composition of this area.[3]
Another country park adjacent to it, named Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension), was designated in 1979.
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