Round Island, Hong Kong

Round Island (Chinese: 銀洲) is an island in Hong Kong (China).[1] Administratively part of the Southern District, the island has an area is 0.17 km².

Round Island
Native name:
銀洲
Round Island
Geography
LocationSouthern District
Coordinates22.21588°N 114.18577°E / 22.21588; 114.18577
Area0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)
Administration
DistrictsSouthern District

The terrain on Round Island is a little hilly.[lower-alpha 1] The island's highest point is 49 metres over the sea. It stretches 0.6 km in north–south direction, and 0.5 km in east–west direction. [lower-alpha 2]

The climate in the area is temperate. The yearly mean temperature in the region is 21 °C. The warmest month is August, when the mean temperature is 24 °C, and the coldest is February at 16 °C.[3] The average yearly precipitation is 2150 mm. The rainiest month is May, with in average 538 mm precipitation, and the driest month is October, with 18 mm precipitation.[4]

Round Island
Climate chart (explanation)
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 
 
25
 
 
17
15
 
 
40
 
 
16
15
 
 
178
 
 
19
17
 
 
252
 
 
22
19
 
 
538
 
 
23
22
 
 
283
 
 
25
23
 
 
260
 
 
25
22
 
 
231
 
 
25
24
 
 
182
 
 
24
24
 
 
18
 
 
24
22
 
 
65
 
 
23
20
 
 
78
 
 
19
19
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [3]

Notes
  1. Counting in front from height information (DEM 3") from Viewfinder Panoramas.[2] More about the algorithm exists here: sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer.
  2. Counting in front from height information (DEM 3") from Viewfinder Panoramas.[2] More about the algorithm exists here: sv:Användare:Lsjbot/Algoritmer.

References
  1. Round Island at Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2014-11-05; database dump downloaded 2015-05-23
  2. "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.