Fortress
Stanley Fort
🇨🇳 China · 19th century
Stanley Fort (Chinese: 赤柱炮台) is both an area and a fort on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, situated at the southern end of Stanley Peninsula, near the town of Stanley (赤柱, Chek Chue). It lies just south of the peak of Che Pau Teng and includes the headland of Wong Ma Kok. The area is mainly occupied by Chek Chue Barracks and the Hong Kong Earth Station. In 2000, the area was redesignated as a military zone, with the Stanley Fort Gate bus terminus located just outside the barracks entrance.
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Stanley Fort ranks #3,338 of 5,793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #54 of the 120 mapped in China. Founded 1841, it is older than 11% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 407 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
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