Round Island or Ngan Chau (Chinese: 銀洲) is an island in Hong Kong.[1] Administratively part of the Southern District, the island has an area of 0.17 km2. An unmanned navigational beacon was constructed on the island in 1972.
Geology
Round Island has a hilly terrain. 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.
Climate
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.[2] 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.[3]
References
- ^ Round Island at Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2014-11-05; database dump downloaded 2015-05-23
- ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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