Checkerboard Hill
People's Republic of China · Asia
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Checkerboard Hill (Chinese: 格仔山), also known as Kowloon Tsai Hill (九龍仔山) and Tak Mee Mountain (德美山), is a small hill in the northern Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong that formerly served as an aid to the Instrument Guidance System (IGS) for the now-closed Kai Tak Airport. 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. The closest MTR station to access the Checkerboard Hill is Lok Fu.
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