Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department

Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Venue | Tathong Point | Tung Lung Chau |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date of Death | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Material Type | Image |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
Tathong Point and lower cliffs painted white.
The light is actually situated at Lam Tong Mei, a small rocky peninsula at the extreme southern tip of Tung Lung Island. This lighthouse was constructed by the Japanese during their occupation of Hong Kong, from 1941 to 1945. It was originally used as a gun emplacement to protect the south-eastern approaches to Victoria Harbour. It is built of concrete and the walls and roof are about one metre thick. The chamber which housed the gun consists of a rectangular room, about 40 square metres in area, with a semi-circular bow front in which the wide-angle embrasure for the gun was formed. In 1965 the gun emplacement was converted into an engine room for the Marine Department
Date | 1990s |
Place | New Territories/Islands District/Tung Lung Chau/Tathong Point Lighthouse |
Object | lighthouse |
Material Type | Image |
Collection | Lighthouses of Hong Kong |
Source | Antiquities and Monuments Office, Ref. No.: AM03-1694_S-2-22 |
Repository | Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Antiquities and Monuments Office |
Accession No. | LA003.032 |
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