Sulphur Channel and Green Island 硫磺海峽及青洲

圖中右方為青洲島。青洲與港島之間的水域名為硫磺海峽,是以1841年英海軍上校卑路乍佔領香港時所乘坐的戰艦硫磺號命名。港島西區對開海灣本叫「垃圾灣」,開埠後被命名為卑路乍灣,英軍更在附近的半山上築有卑路乍砲台及堡壘。卑路乍灣一名今已鮮有人提及,卑路乍堡壘更早已盪然無存;其遺址於1950年代改建成的寶翠園,復於1996年拆卸發展。Green Island is seen on the right. Between Green Island and Hong Kong Island, Sulphur Channel was named after H. M. S. Sulphur, by which Captain Edward Belcher landed on Hong Kong Island in 1841. The bay facing the western end of the Island was subsequently named Belcher Bay; Belcher Fort and Belcher Battery were constructed by the British on the slope nearby. Today the name Belcher Bay is almost forgotten, but the site of Belcher Battery and Belcher Fort turned into Belcher Garden in the 1950s. This residential area was demolished in 1996 for redevelopment.
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