Hong Kong Island

Proper noun

Hong Kong Island

1. An island east of the Pearl River Delta in the South China Sea, the site of the City of Victoria in Hong Kong, and original concession for Hong Kong.
   • Hong Kong was wrested from China by Britain in three phases, starting with the mid-19th century Opium Wars. Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon peninsula were signed over in perpetuity. The larger rural New Territories and outlying islands were added under a 99-year lease in 1898.2022 June 27, James Pomfret, “Explainer: Hong Kong's rocky political road since the 1997 handover”, in Greg Torode, Gerry Doyle, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2022, China
   • The surf scene in Hong Kong — a territory that includes more than 250 islands in the South China Sea — is concentrated at a few beaches that lack consistent year-round swell. But those beaches are relatively accessible to a city of about 7.5 million people.
     The best-known and easiest to access is...2025 April 3, Erin Mendell, “Surfers Take What They Can Get in Hong Kong’s Unexciting Waters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2025
2. A region of Hong Kong.

   Synonyms:

   Victoria Island