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Basalt Island
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Basalt Island (火石洲, Fo Shek Chau) is an island of Hong Kong. Administratively it is part of Sai Kung District. Together with Wang Chau and Bluff Island, it forms the Ung Kong Group (甕缸群島)[1] and is part of Hong Kong National Geopark.
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* 1 History
* 2 Conservation
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links
[edit] History
On 21 December 1948, Basalt Island was the site of the first air crash in Hong Kong[2], in which all 28 passengers, including five women and one child, and 7 crew were killed. The CNAC flight XT-104 from Shanghai to Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport was operated by a C-54 Skymaster. Fog over the island was the official cause of the crash.
Quentin Roosevelt II, the grandson of American president Theodore Roosevelt, and a Senior Vice President of China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was among the casualties.
[edit] Conservation
The island is zoned as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1979.[3]
[edit] See also
* Basalt
[edit] References
1. ^ Hong Kong National Geopark
2. ^ 磯釣熱點 港英年代操炮區 (Chinese)
3. ^ List of SSSIs in Hong Kong
* Hong Kong's Roosevelt Connection Basalt Island's Air Crash
* New York Times article about the crash
* Additional details about the flight
[edit] External links
* Typical coastal terrain–Basalt Island
* Flora and fauna of Basalt Island
* Article about rock formations (Chinese)
Coordinates: 22°18′57″N 114°21′56″E / 22.31578°N 114.36562°E / 22.31578; 114.36562
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Categories: Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong | Sai Kung District | Columnar basalts | Hong Kong geography stubs
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