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{{Short description|Former island of Hong Kong}}
{{about|the former island of Hong Kong|the Hong Kong doctrine|Lam chau (doctrine)}}
{{Infobox islands
| name             = Lam Chau
| native_name      = 欖洲
| image_name       =
| image_size       =
| image_caption    =
| map              = Hong Kong
| map_caption      = Location on a map of Hong Kong
{{location mark|float=center
| image = Lantau Island reclamation.png
| width = 265
| x = 325
| y = 250
}} Map showing the reclaimed land of Lantau Island, Lam Chau and Chek Lap Kok.
| location         = West of [[Chek Lap Kok]] <br/>North of [[Lantau Island]]
| area_km2         = 0.08
| rank             =
| length_km        = 0.45
| width_km         = <!-- or |width_m=  -->
| coastline_km     = <!-- or |coastline_m=  -->
| elevation_m      = 100
| highest_mount    =
| country          = {{HKG}}
| population       = Uninhabited
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
|order=
|showflag=
|t=欖洲
|s=榄洲
|j=Laam5 zau1
|ci={{IPAc-yue|l|aam|5|.|z|au|1}}
|y=Láahm jāu
|p=Lǎn Zhōu
}}

'''Lam Chau''' ({{zh|t=欖洲|s=榄洲}}) was a former island in Hong Kong. It was one of the two original [[island]]s that made up the site of the current [[Hong Kong International Airport]].

This small island lay to the west of [[Chek Lap Kok]] and north of [[Lantau Island]]. It had an area of {{convert|0.08|km2|abbr=on}} and was {{convert|450|m|ft|abbr=on}} long. It had a narrow rocky shoreline and small hills (less than {{convert|100|m|ft|disp=or|abbr=on}} tall) covered by vegetation and shrubs. Like Chek Lap Kok, geologically, Lam Chau consisted of [[granite]].

During 1992-1996, the island was flattened and joined with Chek Lap Kok, to form the island that the Hong Kong International Airport is located on, by [[Land reclamation in Hong Kong|land reclamation]]. The former island is now part of the southwest side of the airport grounds, located close to the western end of the south runway.

==References==
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* {{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 | pages=26–27 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NVlGrr9WOp4C&pg=PA26 | isbn=978-0-7277-2696-4}}
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{{Former islands of Hong Kong}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}


[[Category:Islands District]]