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dc.coverage.spatialCreation Site: Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China, Asia,en_US
dc.coverage.temporalMay 2009 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGilchrist, Scotten_US
dc.date2009en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-15T14:26:25Z
dc.date.available2013-08-15T14:26:25Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.identifier230186en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2512en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/137970
dc.descriptionView of luxury residences on The Peak; Victoria Peak is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. The mountain is located in the western half of Hong Kong Island. With an altitude of 552 m (1,811 ft), it is the highest mountain on the island proper. The actual summit of Victoria Peak is occupied by a radio telecommunications facility and is closed to the public. However, the surrounding area of public parks and high-value residential land is the area that is normally meant by the name The Peak. It is a major tourist attraction which offers views over central Hong Kong, Victoria Harbour, and the surrounding islands. Wealthy Europeans had their homes on the Peak, which was further developed by the opening of the Peak Tram funicular in 1888. The area was reserved for non-Chinese only until 1930. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 4/22/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumdigital imagesen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectlandscapeen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectGreat Britain--Coloniesen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleHong Kong: Topographic Views from Victoria Peaken_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CH-HK-TVFP-A25en_US
vra.culturalContextChineseen_US
vra.techniquephotographyen_US
vra.worktypetopographical viewen_US
vra.worktypephotographen_US
dc.contributor.displayScott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)en_US


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