Sulphur Channel

The Sulphur Channel is a narrow inshore passage between Green Island and the northwest tip (West Point) of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The Sulphur Channel is mainly used by small craft and inter-island ferries passing between Victoria Harbour and the East Lamma Channel.

Sulphur Channel
Sulphur Channel
Traditional Chinese硫磺海峽
Green Island and Little Green Island viewed across Sulphur Channel. The Sai Wan Swimming Shed is visible in the foreground.

The channel was named after HMS Sulphur,[1] a bomb vessel commanded by Edward Belcher who took the first British survey to Hong Kong harbour on 25 January 1841. Captain Belcher left HMS Sulphur with a landing party on 26 January 1841, disembarked on the northern foreshore, and raised the Union Jack over Hong Kong at Possession Point (what is today Hollywood Road Park). After raising a toast to the Queen with his companions, he officially declared the island the property of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and a Colony of the British Empire.[2]

In the 1990s, the Hong Kong Government had planned to reclaim the channel but withdrew later due to opposition from environmental concern groups.[3]

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22°16′56″N 114°7′0″E

References
  1. Bard, Solomon (2002). "Introduction". Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918. Hong Kong University Press. p. 1. ISBN 9622095747. OCLC 49785200.
  2. Rao, Jiucai (2003). 香港地名探索 [Hong Kong Place Name Exploration] (in Chinese). Cosmos Books Ltd. ISBN 9789629502614.
  3. "港府顺应民情保留青洲及硫磺海峡　西区填海大削六成" [The Hong Kong government retains Green Island and Sulphur Channel in accordance with the needs of the people, and the reclamation of the western district has greatly reduced by 60%]. Hong Kong Commercial Daily (in Chinese). 2000-10-15. Archived from the original on 2005-10-03. Retrieved 2023-06-04.


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