Pak Chau

Pak Chau
Native name: 白洲
	Pak Chau is faintly visible to northwest of Sha Chau
	Pak Chau
Geography
Coordinates	22°21′01″N 113°52′00″E / 22.3502°N 113.8667°E
Administration
	Hong Kong ; (special administrative region)
District	Tuen Mun
Statutorily-defined area	New Territories
Sovereign state	People's Republic of China

Pak Chau (Chinese: 白洲) or Tree Island^[1] is an island at the northwest water of Hong Kong. It is offshore of Lung Kwu Tan near Tuen Mun in the New Territories.

Conservation

Since 1996, the island, Lung Kwu Chau, and Sha Chau are within the boundaries of the Sha Chau and Lung Kwu Chau Marine Park. The three islands have been listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1979.^[2] It is known as a dolphin sanctuary and a habitat for the Chinese white dolphin.^{[citation needed]}