to the south and east of hong kong lies the
wanshan archipelago. flying in and out of hong kong the one thing that is quite noticeable about the islands is how extensively they have been mined. in some cases almost all of the smaller islands is gone.
this particular island, located south of lantau, has a section in the center part of the island missing.
more than half of this island has been mined. click on the thumbnails for larger versions.
i've done a bit of searching and what i've found in english doesn't mentioned mining on these islands- it mentions fishing and tourism. mining tourists, perhaps!
