Turret Hill

Location of Turret Hill in Hong Kong

Location

Hong Kong

Turret Hill (Chinese: 女婆山), also known as Nui Po Shan, is a peak southeast of Tolo Harbour in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It has a height of 399 metres. The mountain is located in the Sha Tin District.^[1]

History

A quarry named Turret Hill Quarry was located on the southeastern flank of Turret Hill. Established in the mid-1960s, it initially served as a borrow area, and was converted into an aggregate quarry in the late 1970s. Rock extraction ceased at the quarry in 1984.^[2]^[3]

Construction work to move the nearby Sha Tin Sewage Treatment Works to an artificial cave within Nui Po Shan started in 2021.^[4]

References

^ "HK District Council Constituency Map" (PDF). HK Government Electoral Affairs Commission.
^ Irfan, T.Y.; Nash, J.M. (January 1992). "Section 1: Aggregate Properties of Medium-Grained Granite from Turret Hill Quarry". GEO Report No. 7. Aggregate Properties of Some Hong Kong Rocks (PDF). Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. p. 8.
^ "Information Note 30/2021. Quarries in Hong Kong" (PDF). Geotechnical Engineering Office, Civil Engineering Department. March 2021.
^ Yeo, Rachel (25 March 2021). "Construction of a cave to relocate sewage treatment plant and free up 28 hectares of land to start in Hong Kong later this year". South China Morning Post.