Lam Chau

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

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 [lam˩˧.tsɐw˥]

Lam Chau (simplified Chinese: 榄洲; traditional Chinese: 欖洲) was a former island in Hong Kong. It was one of the two original islands that made up the site of the current Hong Kong International Airport, alongside Chek Lap Kok.

This 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 shrubs. Like Chek Lap Kok, geologically, Lam Chau consisted of granite.

During 1992-1996, the island was flattened and joined into Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation as part of the airport's construction. The former island is now part of the southwest side of the post-reclamation Chek Lap Kok, 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.