Гонконгтағы қисық шығанақтағы Ап Чау аралы

Island in the Crooked Harbour of Hong Kong

Ap Chau , also known as Robinson Island, with a size of 0.04 km² is an island in the Crooked Harbour, in the north eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. It is located in Ap Chau Bay (; Ap Chau Hoi). Islets located close by include Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai, Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai, Ap Lo Chun, Ap Tan Pai and Kau Tau Shek.

Robinson Island was named after Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, who was the 5th Governor of Hong Kong from 1859 to 1865.

Ap Chau is under the administration of North District. It is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.

The village on the island was set up by American preachers from the then Taiwan based True Jesus Church in order to shelter fishermen and their families who converted to Christianity in the 1960s. The single primary school on the island opened in 1958. There used to be over 700 inhabitants called the Tanka, an originally non Chinese ethnic minority who were mostly fishermen but most have moved over to cities in the United Kingdom such as Newcastle upon Tyne, Leicester, Sunderland, Elgin The island had 8 inhabitants as of June 2008.

To promote tourism, in April 2018 the Ap Chau Story Room opened for public visits on Sundays and public holidays. Fresh water in Ap Chau is obtained from mainland China using an underground pipe.

The northern part of Ap Chau is part of the Double Haven Special Area that covers 0.8 hectare and was designated in 2011. The Special Area includes the islets Pak Ka Chau, Yan Chau (both within Double Haven) as well as the islet of Ap Lo Chun and a part of Ap Chau (both within Crooked Harbour). The geology of the area is characterised by sedimentary rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

Kut O Village Rural Committee (Tung Lok House) Limited operates a daily kaito service to both Ap Chau and Kat O from Sha Tau Kok. But since the Sha Tau Kok Public Pier is in a restricted area, only restricted area pass holders are permitted to access the pier and take the kaito. Best Sonic Industrial Limited operates kaito services to Ap Chau and Kat O from Ma Liu Shui pier on weekends and public holidays from 2018.