Stonecutters Island

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Stonecutters Island is a reclaimed island in Hong Kong known for its strategic location in Victoria Harbour and major sewage treatment and military facilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
reclaimed island
connectedBy Stonecutters Bridge
connectedTo Tsing Yi Island
Kowloon
surface form: mainland Kowloon
country China
formerlyUsedBy British Forces Overseas Hong Kong
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
hasCoordinateRegion 22.326°N 114.147°E
hasFacility PLA Navy base
ammunition depot
container storage areas
fuel depot
helicopter landing area
military pier
sewage treatment plant outfall
hasInfrastructure Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works
Stonecutters Island self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stonecutters Island naval base
hasRoadAccessVia Tsing Sha Highway
West Kowloon Highway
hasUse logistics
military base
sewage treatment
historicalFunction military fortification
signal station site
languageOfToponym English
locatedIn Hong Kong, China
surface form: Hong Kong
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Kowloon
Yau Tsim Mong District
locatedInBodyOfWater Victoria Harbour
nativeName 昂船洲
nativeNameLanguage Chinese
nearbyPlace Lai Chi Kok
Nam Cheong
Tsing Yi
nearbyStructure Container Terminal 8
Container Terminal 8
surface form: Container Terminal 9

Stonecutters Bridge
openedFacility Stonecutters Island Sewage Treatment Works in late 1990s
operatorOfFacility Drainage Services Department of Hong Kong
Hong Kong garrison of the PLA
surface form: People's Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison
partOf Victoria Harbour
partOfProject Harbour Area Treatment Scheme
reclamationStatus largely joined to Kowloon by land reclamation
sewagePlantStage Stage I of Harbour Area Treatment Scheme
strategicImportance controls approaches to western Victoria Harbour
hosts major sewage treatment for urban Hong Kong

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Victoria Harbour hasNearbyIsland Stonecutters Island
Stonecutters Island hasInfrastructure Stonecutters Island self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stonecutters Island naval base
Sham Shui Po District contains Stonecutters Island
Hong Kong garrison of the PLA hasBarracks Stonecutters Island
this entity surface form: Stonecutters Island Naval Base
Middleside locatedOn Stonecutters Island
Middleside partOf Stonecutters Island
this entity surface form: Stonecutters Island military installations