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Mount Parker

Mount Parker proper noun: a peak in Eastern district, Hong Kong.

Proper noun

Mount Parker

  1. A peak in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
    • The topographical examination of the island having exhausted the Southern districts, now passed along the northern slop from the valley above Causeway Bay as far as Mount Parker without any satisfactory results, and was finally brought to a close in the Tytam Valley, where the nearest approximation...1885 November 21, “THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL'S REPORT ON THE TYTAM WATER-WORKS.”, in The Hong Kong Daily Press, number 8710, Hongkong, page 2, column 6
    • Church members climb up to “Jacob's Ladder” on Mount Parker at Hong Kong's Quarry Bay to pray for peace and harmony in the city.1993 June 1, Jinbong Kim, Dwight P. Baker, J. Nelson Jennings, Megachurch Accountability in Missions:: Critical Assessment through Global Case Studies, William Carey Publishing, →ISBN, page 79

Examples of Mount Parker in a sentence

  • It is on Mount Parker, overlooking Quarry Bay on the northeast side of the island - not on the Dragon's Back ridge on the D'Aguilar Peninsula to the southeast.2003 February 16, “Corrections”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2023:
  • The British positions at Mount Butler, Mount Parker, Braemar Hill and the urban area of North Point were all under heavy assault.2014, Kwong Chi Man, Tsoi Yiu Lun, Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970, Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC...
  • The battalion moved quickly inland, ascending the north-facing slopes of Mount Parker.2019 July 15, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page...
  • Rubble and water rushed down the side of Mount Parker near Chai Wan, where roads and parking garages sat under standing water.2023 September 7, Meaghan Tobin, “Extreme rain in Hong Kong turns city streets into raging rivers”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Origin of Mount Parker

Named after Sir William Parker, Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy).

Questions about Mount Parker

What does Mount Parker mean?
Mount Parker means a peak in Eastern district, Hong Kong.
How do you use Mount Parker in a sentence?
It is on Mount Parker, overlooking Quarry Bay on the northeast side of the island - not on the Dragon's Back ridge on the D'Aguilar Peninsula to the southeast.
What part of speech is Mount Parker?
Mount Parker is a proper noun.

Words near Mount Parker in the dictionary

  1. Mount Olive
  2. Mount Olivet
  3. Mount Omei
  4. Mount Ousley
  5. Mount Panorama
  6. Mount Parker
  7. Mount Patterson
  8. Mount Pavlof
  9. Mount Pearl
  10. Mount Penglai
  11. Mount Pentelicus

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