Editing Chek Lap Kok (section)

==Geography==
The island is located north of [[Lantau Island]] off [[Ma Wan Chung]] and [[Tung Chung]]. Before the building of the airport platform, it was a small and hilly island, about {{convert|4|km}} long, with an area of {{convert|3.02|km2}}<ref name="site prep">{{cite book |author1=Plant, G.W. |author2=Covil, C.S. |author3=Hughes, R.A. |author4=Airport Authority Hong Kong | title=Site Preparation for the New Hong Kong International Airport | publisher=Thomas Telford | year=1998 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVlGrr9WOp4C | isbn=978-0-7277-2696-4}}</ref> (other sources mention {{convert|2.8|km2}}).<ref name="AMO history" /> The southern end of the island formed a small peninsula, which has been left largely undeveloped.<ref name="site prep" /> This area is facing Tung Chung and is now named [[Scenic Hill (Hong Kong)|Scenic Hill]].<ref>[http://hk.centamap.com/gc/centamaplocation.aspx?x=811309&y=817133&sx=811309.95751&sy=817133.36618&z=4&lg=b5 Map of Chek Lap Kok showing Scenic Hill] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719174210/http://hk.centamap.com/gc/centamaplocation.aspx?x=811309&y=817133&sx=811309.95751&sy=817133.36618&z=4&lg=b5 |date=July 19, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_0902003/Figuresrev1/Sec_9%20(CH)rev1.htm Tung Chung - Ngong Ping Cable Car Project: Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment, March 2003]</ref> It is the site of the Ancient Kiln Park<ref>[http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/media/press-releases/pr_828.html Press release: "HKIA unveils Airport Trail and historical park", 18 March 2006]</ref> and the Airport Island Angle Station of the [[Ngong Ping 360]] cable car.<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/bc/bc04/papers/bc40331cb1-1311-1e.pdf Presentation of the Tung Chung Cable Car Project, 31 March 200]</ref>