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{{Short description|Bay in northeast Hong Kong}}
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{{For|the bay in Taiwan|Dapeng Bay}}
[[File:大鵬灣環灣自行車道海景.jpg|thumb|Looking onto the bay from a bike trail]]
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[[File:Dapengmap.png|300px|thumb]]
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'''Mirs Bay''' (also known as '''Tai Pang Wan''', '''Dapeng Wan''', '''Dapeng Bay''') ({{zh|t=大鵬灣 in traditional and 大鹏湾 in simplified letters}}) is a [[bay]] in the northeast of [[Kat O]] and [[Sai Kung Peninsula]] of [[Hong Kong]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite map|title=Mirs Bay, Hong Kong, Admiralty Standard Nautical Chart 4128|scale=1:30,000|date=25 October 2012|work=Paper Chart Folio No. 50|publisher=United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)}}</ref> The north and east shores are surrounded by [[Yantian]] and [[Dapeng New District]] of [[Shenzhen]]. [[Ping Chau]] stands in the midst of the bay.▼
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▲'''Mirs Bay''' (also known as '''Tai Pang Wan''', '''Dapeng Wan''', '''Dapeng Bay'''), or '''Mers Bay'''; ({{zh|t=大鵬灣 in traditional and |s=大鹏湾 in simplified letters|first=t}}) is a [[bay]] in the northeast of [[Kat O]] and [[Sai Kung Peninsula]] of [[Hong Kong]], [[China]].<ref>{{Cite map|title=Mirs Bay, Hong Kong, Admiralty Standard Nautical Chart 4128|scale=1:30,000|date=25 October 2012|work=Paper Chart Folio No. 50|publisher=United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)}}</ref> The north and east shores are surrounded by [[Yantian District|Yantian]] and [[Dapeng New District]] of [[Shenzhen]]. [[Tung Ping Chau|Ping Chau]] stands in the midst of the bay.
 
==History==
[[File:Pirate Junks in Mirs Bay.jpg|thumb|Pirate Junksjunks in Mirs Bay]]
Mirs Bay, along with other waterways near Hong Kong, was once was home to various coastal[[Coastal defencedefense fortsand fortification#China|coastal defences]] (e.g. [[Dapeng Fortress]]) used against [[Pirate|pirates]] during the [[Ming Dynasty]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gallery 2: The Ming Period (1368-1644)|publisher=Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence|url=http://hk.coastaldefence.museum/en/section3-1-02.php|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130905001203/http://hk.coastaldefence.museum/en/section3-1-02.php|archivedate=5 September 2013|deadurlurl-status=yesdead}}</ref>
 
Mirs Bay was used by then [[United States|American]] [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]] (later [[Admiral]]) [[George Dewey|George Washington Dewey]] during the [[Spanish AmericanSpanish–American War]] as a refuge and repair facility for the [[United States Navy|US Navy]].<ref>{{Cite book|author=Watterson, Henry|year=1898|chapter=The Spanish American war: American blockade of the Philippines|editor=Bancroft, Hubert H.|title=The Great Republic by the Master Historians, Volume IV|url=http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_IV/spanisham_g.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316115340/http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_Master_Historians_Vol_IV/spanisham_g.html|archivedate=16 March 2012|deadurlurl-status=nolive}}</ref>
 
In 1949, the colonial government imposed a curfew under the [[Public Order Ordinance]] forbidding movement of [[watercraft]] in Mirs Bay between 10 PM and 6 AM without written permission of the [[Hong Kong Police Force]]. The order remains in force after the 1997 [[handover of Hong Kong]]. For purposes of the order, the dividing line between [[Tolo Channel]] and Mirs Bay runs from [[Wong Chuk Kok Tsui]] to [[Ngo Keng Tsui]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=鵝頸咀}}; {{coord|22.4629544|114.3022423}}).<ref>Public Order (Movement of Craft) Order ({{Cite Hong Kong regulation|245D}})</ref>
 
==Features==
Within the bay are numerous smaller harboursharbors orand inlets on the Hong Kong side:
* [[Starling Inlet]]
* [[Tolo Harbour|Tai Po Hoi]]
* [[Crooked Harbour|Kat O Hoi]]
* [[Long Harbour (Hong Kong)|LongTai HarbourTan Hoi]]
* [[SaiTide Cove|Sha Tin Hoi]]
* Hoi Ha Bay<ref>{{Cite book|author=Lam, Katherine K. Y.|chapter=Hydrography, nutrients and phytoplankton, with special reference to an hypoxic event, at an experimental artificial reef at Hoi Ha Wan, Hong Kong|year=1999|editor=Morton, Brian|title=Asian Marine Biology 16|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|location=Hong Kong|pages=35–64, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2nhFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA36 page 36]|isbn=978-962-209-520-5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Au Yiu-Keung (Au, Aaron) |year=2003 |title=Hoi Ha Wan – the Marine Kaleidoscope of Hong Kong |work=Year 2003 Conference on "Sustainable Tourism" |url=http://www.gttp.org/docs/casestudies/2003/03HongKongCase.pdf |archiveurl=httphttps://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6SGW4kXi3?url=web/20101231145458/http://www.gttp.org/docs/casestudies/2003/03HongKongCase.pdf |archivedate=131 SeptemberDecember 20142010 |deadurlurl-status=nodead |display-authors=etal |dfaccess-date=1 September 2014 }}</ref>
 
The bay includes a number of islands, with an extensive group lying in the northwestern part of the bay, including:<ref>{{Cite book|author=Findlay, Alexander G.|year=1878|title=A directory for the navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan|edition=second|publisher=R. H. Laurie|location=London|pages=[https://booksarchive.google.comorg/details/directoryfornavi00find/page/books?id=J6lBAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA995995 995&ndash;998]|oclc=8674578}}</ref>
* [[Double Island, Hong Kong|Double Island]]
* [[Ngo Mei Chau|Crescent Island]]
* [[Kat O|Crooked Island]]
* [[GrassTap Island, Hong KongMun|Grass Island]], at the western side of the entrance to Mirs Bay
* [[Pak Sha Chau (North District)|Round Island]]
 
To the south of Mirs Bay, water flows out to the [[South China Sea]].
 
==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mirs Bay}}
* {{Cite web|title=Map: Hong Kong|year=c. 1919|publisher=Naval-History.Net|url=http://www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-10-HMS_Virago-Hongkong2withMirsBay.JPG}} showing Mirs Bay and major islands
* {{Cite web |title=Photo: Hoi Ha Bay |date=April 2014 |publisher=Save Hoi Ha Community |url=https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/q87/p180x540/1897712_789608101064137_5909021278964122341_n.jpg?oh=9844a51f2a3ed01aa32f2a4e4f7921e5&oe=5476868C |archiveurl=https://wwwarchive.webcitation.orgtoday/20140901151148/6SGTozk9C?url=https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/q87/p180x540/1897712_789608101064137_5909021278964122341_n.jpg?oh%3D9844a51f2a3ed01aa32f2a4e4f7921e5%26oe%3D5476868C=9844a51f2a3ed01aa32f2a4e4f7921e5&oe=5476868C |archivedate=1 September 2014 |deadurlurl-status=nodead |dfaccess-date=1 September 2014 }}
 
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{{Coord|22|34|N|114|22|E|display=title|type:waterbody}}
 
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[[Category:Bays of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Geography of Shenzhen]]
[[Category:Bays of Guangdong]]
[[Category:Dapeng New District]]
 
 
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