Hong Kong is located on Chinas south coast 60 km 37 mi east of Macau on the opposite side of the Pearl River [ссылка] is surrounded by the South China Sea on the east south and west and borders the Guangdong city of Shenzhen to the north over the Shenzhen [ссылка] territorys 1104 km2 426 sq mi area consists of Hong Kong Island the Kowloon Peninsula the New Territories and over 200 offshore islands of which the largest is Lantau Island. Of the total area 1054 km2 407 sq mi is land and 50 km2 19 sq mi is inland water. Hong Kong claims territorial waters to a distance of 3 nautical miles 5.6 [ссылка] land area makes Hong Kong the 179th largest inhabited territory in the [ссылка] much of Hong Kongs terrain is hilly to mountainous with steep slopes less than 25 of the territorys landmass is developed and about 40 of the remaining land area is reserved as country parks and nature [ссылка] of the territorys urban development exists on Kowloon peninsula along the northern edge of Hong Kong Island and in scattered settlements throughout the New [ссылка] highest elevation in the territory is at Tai Mo Shan 957 metres 3140 ft above sea level.121 Hong Kongs long and irregular coast provides it with many bays rivers and beaches. On 18 September 2011 UNESCO listed the Hong Kong National Geopark as part of its Global Geoparks Network