Nei Lak Shan

Nei Lak Shan
彌勒山
View of Nei Lak Shan from Po Lin Monastery Paifang's Parking lot.
Highest point
Elevation	751 m (2,464 ft)
Coordinates	22°15′47″N 113°54′40″E
Geography
Nei Lak Shan Location of Nei Lak Shan in  Hong Kong
Location	Southern Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Nei Lak Shan
Traditional Chinese	彌勒山
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Mèih lahk sāan Jyutping Mei4 lak6 saan1

Nei Lak Shan (Chinese: 彌勒山) is the eighth highest mountain in Hong Kong. With a height of 751 m (2,464 ft),^[1] it is situated on Lantau Island immediately north of Ngong Ping where the Buddhist Po Lin Monastery is located.

An angle station of the Ngong Ping 360 cable car is located near Nei Lak Shan.

Name

The Cantonese name Nei Lak Shan, or prescriptively Mei Lak Shan (Chinese: 彌勒山; Jyutping: Mei⁴ Lak⁶ Saan¹) is a translation of Maitreya, the future Buddha, in Buddhism. The mountain can therefore be loosely translated as "Buddha Mountain". It is situated close to the Tian Tan Buddha at Ngong Ping.

See also

• List of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong

References

1. "Ch 15 - LVIA". www.epd.gov.hk. Retrieved 4 November 2019.