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Checkerboard Hill

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Checkerboard Hill 201612
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Checkerboard Hill (Chinese: 格仔山) is a small hill in the northern part of the Kowloon peninsula in Hong Kong. Standing at 98 metres (322 ft) tall, Checkerboard Hill is located next to Kowloon Tsai Park and the Lok Fu Service Reservoir Rest Garden (樂富配水庫休憩花園) of Lok Fu Park (樂富公園), and it is not far from Lion Rock Country Park.

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Checkerboard Hill
Fu On Street, Kowloon Kowloon Tsai (Kowloon City District)

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N 22.3357 ° E 114.1843 °
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樂富配水庫休憩花園 Lok Fu Service Reservoir Garden

Fu On Street
Kowloon, Kowloon Tsai (Kowloon City District)
Hong Kong, China
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