There is one main peninsula, one main island, and several smaller peninsulas, islets, and artificial islands in the Macao Special Administrative Region. The main island is located to the south of the Macau Peninsula and to the east of Hengqin Island of the Pearl River (Zhujiang), Guangdong Province, China. The island has remained unnamed since its creation in the late 1990s, after the reclamation project of Cotai, which filled up the channel between the islands of Coloane and Taipa.
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Historically, the unnamed island was under the administration of the Concelho das Ilhas, it is however now divided into the Coloane, Cotai, and Taipa districts.[clarify]
The Macau Peninsula was once an island in the Pearl River Delta. It has been linked to Zhongshan Island as a result of sedimentation and became a peninsula approximately two thousand years ago. Apart from this case, all of the Macanese former islands were merged either directly or indirectly with the Macau Peninsula or the newly unnamed island directly as the result of artificial land reclamation.
Peninsulas
edit- Macau Peninsula – itself a part of Hsiang-Shan Island
- Monte Ká Hó, eastnortheastern part of Coloane
- Coloane B Power Station
- Taipa Ferry Terminal
- Ilha Verde (former island)
- Area between Lago Nam Van and Lago Sai Van on Baía da Praia Grande
Islands
editEntirely
edit- Aterro da "Zona A" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos (artificial island)
- Aterro da "Zona C" dos Novos Aterros Urbanos (artificial island)
- The island comprising Coloane, Cotai, and Taipa (main island)
- The island containing the runway and taxiways of Macau International Airport (artificial island)
Partly
edit- Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Island (artificial island) – the southern part of the island is a part of Macau, containing the Zhuhai-Macau Checkpoint
Leased
edit- Hengqin (formerly known as Dom João e Montanha of the Lapa, Dom João, and Montanha Islands) – a part of the island is under Macanese administration as per a 40-year lease signed on 27 June 2009 between the Government of Macau and the Chinese Central Government[1][2]
Islets
edit- Centro Ecuménico Kun Iam (artificial islet)
- Islets in the Nam Van Lake
- Portas do Entendimento (artificial islet)
Former islands
edit- Coloane Island
- Ilha Kai Kiong – connected to the apron of Macau International Airport, Taipa in 1995
- Ilha Verde – connected to the Macau Peninsula in 1895 when a causeway (now Avenida do Conselheiro Borja) was built[3][failed verification]
- Ilhéu das Lázaras – connected to the north-east of Coloane
- Ilhéu de Macau-Siac – connected to the north-east of the Macau Peninsula in January 1921, during the landfilling works for Macau's Outer Harbour expansion
- Macau Island
- Pedra d'Areca[4]
- Taipa Island – was itself two smaller islands
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ See Decisão do Comité Permanente da Assembleia Popular Nacional da República Popular da China relativa à delegação de poderes na Região Administrativa Especial de Macau para o exercício de jurisdição no novo campus da Universidade de Macau a instalar na Ilha da Montanha, published as annexed in Aviso do Chefe do Executivo n.º 19/2009 (in Portuguese), published in the Official Bulletin No. 35/2009.
- ^ See Lei n.º 3/2013 Estabelece as normas fundamentais para a aplicação do Direito da Região Administrativa Especial de Macau no novo campus da Universidade de Macau na Ilha de Hengqin (in Portuguese), published in the Official Bulletin No. 8/2013.
- ^ "Lau Cannot Say When Ilha Verde Crossing Will Open". Macaubusiness.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
- ^ Historical map of Macau (JPEG) (Map). Instituto Cultural.
External links
edit- Macao Online Map, Government of Macau – Direcção dos Serviços de Cartografia e Cadastro (Cartography and Cadastre Bureau)