Pottinger Peak

{{Short description|Mountain on Hong Kong Island}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Pottinger Peak

| photo = File:Pottinger Peak.JPG

| photo_size = 250

| photo_caption = A triangulation station atop Pottinger Peak

| elevation_m = 312

| elevation_ref=

| location = Eastern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong

| map =Hong Kong

|other_name=砵甸乍山|coordinates={{coord|22|15|N|114|15|E}}|map_caption=Location of Pottinger Peak in {{HKG}}}}

Pottinger Peak ({{zh|t=砵甸乍山}}) is a mountain on the eastern side of Hong Kong Island. It is located south of Chai Wan and Siu Sai Wan and north of Big Wave Bay. Initially known as Ma Tong Peak,{{Cite web|url=http://hk.geoview.info/siu_sai_wan,1818778|title=Siu Sai Wan bay, Hong Kong}} it was renamed Pottinger Peak after Henry Pottinger, the first Governor of Hong Kong. The peak is {{cvt|312|m|ft}} above sea level.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=llLS8YT6Hc0C&pg=PA157 |title=Above The City: Hiking Hong Kong Island|last1=Kershaw|first1=Alicia M.|last2=Thrash|first2=Ginger|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789622097360|language=en}}

File:Pottinger Peak Observatory Central View.JPG