It's a possible location but, as it is not one of my own photographs, I cannot be sure. All the buildings visible in the middle distance suggest quite a large village. Is Fan Ling a possibility? Perhaps someone else might be able to confirm your suggestion.
I am guessing it is Tai PO. But if you get any alternative I'd be interested. I think Fan Ling would be too far north to have that view of the hills - but could be wrong. Need to take a drive and looksee.
This is the ridgeline between (what is now) Pat Heung fire lookout and Tin Fu Tsai firelookout. It's basically looking south from the lower southern slopes of Kai Kung Leng. Sek Kong is probably in amongst the distant habitations somewhere.
Thank you Jessica, Phil and Thomas. I have now also zoomed in on the photographs and and can see, on at least two of the images, several Nissen huts and other structures that would very likely have been at Sek Kong. There is also a row of 4 tall (poplar?) trees on two of the images and what looks like part of a runway on the right of one of them. So Sek Kong is very likely to be the correct location. I believe that on another of that group of unknown photographs I have tentatively tied in an image showing a river with bends in it as being the same spot as one of my own photographs taken from the road in the vicinity of the Sek Kong main gate. According to Google Earth that winding river has now been canalised and straightened. Perhaps the final photograph in that group, showing a young man looking at a fire damaged buildin, was also taken close to the Sek Kong camp? Andrew
It's not Tai Po, there just wasn't/isn't that amount of flat land in the Tai Po area, even after the development/reclamation that occurred during the 1960s.
Andrew - yes, this ridge is part of the same ridge that leads up to Tai Mo Shan. If the camera was to pan to the left, then the next major peak would be Tai Mo Shan.
Phil
Edit: As Thomas as pointed out,you can see Nissen huts when you zoom in.
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Andrew, is this near Tai Po…
Andrew, is this near Tai Po looking at the Pat Sin Range?
Best,
Jessica.
Thank you Jessica.It's a…
Thank you Jessica.
It's a possible location but, as it is not one of my own photographs, I cannot be sure. All the buildings visible in the middle distance suggest quite a large village. Is Fan Ling a possibility? Perhaps someone else might be able to confirm your suggestion.
Regards, Andrew
I am guessing it is Tai PO. …
I am guessing it is Tai PO. But if you get any alternative I'd be interested. I think Fan Ling would be too far north to have that view of the hills - but could be wrong. Need to take a drive and looksee.
Best,
Jessica.
Looking south from Kai Kung Leng
This is the ridgeline between (what is now) Pat Heung fire lookout and Tin Fu Tsai firelookout. It's basically looking south from the lower southern slopes of Kai Kung Leng. Sek Kong is probably in amongst the distant habitations somewhere.
Re: Nissen huts
Hi there,
The photographer was likely even lower than the present day radio station at Kai Kung Leng.
If you zoom in, nissen huts are visible thus Shek Kong is very likely.
T
Thank you Jessica and Phil,…
Thank you Jessica, Phil and Thomas. I have now also zoomed in on the photographs and and can see, on at least two of the images, several Nissen huts and other structures that would very likely have been at Sek Kong. There is also a row of 4 tall (poplar?) trees on two of the images and what looks like part of a runway on the right of one of them. So Sek Kong is very likely to be the correct location. I believe that on another of that group of unknown photographs I have tentatively tied in an image showing a river with bends in it as being the same spot as one of my own photographs taken from the road in the vicinity of the Sek Kong main gate. According to Google Earth that winding river has now been canalised and straightened. Perhaps the final photograph in that group, showing a young man looking at a fire damaged buildin, was also taken close to the Sek Kong camp? Andrew
Tai Po
It's not Tai Po, there just wasn't/isn't that amount of flat land in the Tai Po area, even after the development/reclamation that occurred during the 1960s.
Andrew - yes, this ridge is part of the same ridge that leads up to Tai Mo Shan. If the camera was to pan to the left, then the next major peak would be Tai Mo Shan.
Phil
Edit: As Thomas as pointed out,you can see Nissen huts when you zoom in.