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Kau To Shan, Hong Kong — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kau To Shan, also called Cove Hill, is a 399-metre mountain in Sha Tin District, on the New Territories side of Hong Kong.
About Kau To Shan
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A bed on Kau To Shan is a bed on a slope. Height is the whole difference. The hill runs up to 399 metres inside Sha Tin District, so an address on it sits above the built valley and reaches everything else by going down first. Sha Tin New Town covers the flat ground just south, and it is the practical base for anyone who wants the hill in view rather than underfoot.
Cove Hill is the same place under its other name.
About Kau To Shan
What are the main landmarks in Kau To Shan?
Nothing built stands in for the hill. Kau To Shan is the marked feature itself, a 399-metre summit on the northern side of the Sha Tin valley, with the ground below it belonging to Sha Tin New Town rather than to the slope. The hill answers to two names.
Cove Hill is the English one, Kau To Shan the local form, and both point at the same rise in the New Territories.
What is the history of Kau To Shan?
Kau To Shan carries two names rather than one. Cove Hill is the English form and Kau To Shan the local one, and both have stayed in use for the same 399-metre rise inside Sha Tin District. The hill predates the plan below it.
Sha Tin New Town was laid out on the valley floor in the New Territories, and the hill above it kept the name it already had.
Where is Kau To Shan?
Kau To Shan tops out at 399 metres, high ground above the Sha Tin valley floor in Hong Kong's New Territories.
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Updated September 2026