# Bay Islet

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{{Short description|Uninhabited island in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong}}
{{Infobox islands
|name             = Bay Islet
|native_name      = 匙洲
|native_name_link = Chinese language
|image_name       = Bay Islet or See Chau.jpg
|image_size       = 250px
|image_caption    = Bay Islet as seen from the West
|map              = Hong Kong
|coordinates = {{coord|22|20|8.2|N|114|20|1.9|E|display=title,inline|type:isle}}
|area_km2         = 0.08
|country = {{HKG}}
|country_admin_divisions_title = Districts
|country_admin_divisions = [Sai Kung District](/source/Sai_Kung_District)
|population       = 
|population_as_of = 
}}

'''Bay Islet''' or '''See Chau''' ({{zh|t=匙洲}}) is an uninhabited island in [Sai Kung District](/source/Sai_Kung_District), [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong).

==Geography==
Bay Islet is located in [Rocky Harbour](/source/Rocky_Harbour_(Hong_Kong)),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=138 |title=hk-place.com |access-date=2016-07-24 |archive-date=2021-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425125649/http://www.hk-place.com/view.php?id=138 |url-status=dead }}</ref> also known as Leung Shuen Wan Hoi, and is separated from [Jin Island](/source/Jin_Island) by the [See Chau Mun](/source/See_Chau_Mun) ({{zh|t=匙洲門|labels=no}}) channel. The island has a maximum elevation of 44.8 m and an area of 8&nbsp;hectares.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hu |first1=Puwei  |last2=Xing |first2= Fuwu |last3= Chen|first3=Lin  |last4=Wang |first4=Meina  |last5=Wang |first5=Faguo  |last6=Chen |first6=Hongfeng  |date= 2011|volume= V19 (05)|pages=605–609 |title=Vegetation and vascular plant diversity of islands surrounding Port Shelter, Hong Kong, China|url= http://pub.chinasciencejournal.com/BiodiversityScience/19100.jhtml|newspaper= Biodiversity Science|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151201123521/http://pub.chinasciencejournal.com/BiodiversityScience/19100.jhtml|archive-date= 1 December 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Islands of Hong Kong}}

Category:Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong
Category:Sai Kung District
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