Tai Tam Country Park

{{Short description|Country park in the Tai Tam area in Hong Kong Island}}

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File:Dam of tai tam byewash reservoir.JPG in Tai Tam Country Park.]]

Tai Tam Country Park ({{zh|t=大潭郊野公園|j=daai6 taam4 gaau1 je5 gung1 jyun4}}) is a country park in the Tai Tam area in the south end of Hong Kong Island. At {{convert|1315|hectare}}, the park consists of one fifth of Hong Kong Island's land mass.{{Cite web|url = https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_tt/cou_vis_cou_tt.html|title = Tai Tam|date = 2006|publisher = Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department|access-date = April 2, 2016}} During World War II, the Japanese encountered strong resistance from British defence forces here. So that the park preserves bloody memories from that period.{{Cite web|title=Tai Tam|url=https://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_tt/cou_vis_cou_tt.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.afcd.gov.hk|language=en}}

The park was designated in 1977 with attractions like:

• Jardine's Lookout
• Tai Tam Upper Reservoir
• Tai Tam Byewash Reservoir
• Tai Tam Tuk Reservoir
• Tai Tam Intermediate Reservoir
• Tai Tam Forts
• Mount Parker, the second highest peak ({{convert|531|m|abbr=on}}) on Hong Kong Island
• Mount Butler

Granite rocks in the north and volcanic rocks in the south form the geological composition of this area.{{Cite web|title=Tai Tam Country Park|url=https://peakvisor.com/park/tai-tam-country-park.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=PeakVisor|language=en}}

Another country park adjacent to it, named Tai Tam Country Park (Quarry Bay Extension), was designated in 1979.