Editing Tathong Channel

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[[File:Tathong-Channel.jpg|300px|thumb|View of Tathong Channel, showing view from west towards the east.]]
'''Tathong Channel''' ({{zh|大東門}}), also known as '''Nam Tong Hoi Hap''' ({{zh|t=藍塘海峽|labels=no}}, originally {{zh|t=南堂海峽|labels=no}}), refers to the eastern sea water area in [[Hong Kong]] leading into [[Victoria Harbour]] through [[Lei Yue Mun]], bounded by Junk Island ([[Fat Tong Chau]]) and [[Tung Lung Chau]] in the east, and [[Hong Kong Island]] in the west.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Way: Tathong Channel (675130262)|url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/675130262|access-date=2020-08-03|website=OpenStreetMap|language=en}}</ref>

On the 2nd of September 1977, a [[Transmeridian Air Cargo]] [[Canadair CL-44]] lost control shortly after taking of from [[Kai Tak Airport]] due to a fire on the no. 4 engine with it crashing into the Tathong Channel killing 4 crew onboard.

== References ==
<references />2.   "Four die as plane drops 'like a stone'". ''South China Morning Post''. 3 September 1977. p. 1{{Commons category|Tathong Channel}}

{{Coord|22|15|42|N|114|15|59|E|display=title|type:waterbody}}

[[Category:Channels of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Sai Kung District]]
[[Category:Eastern District, Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Southern District, Hong Kong]]


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