Meaning of Victoria Gap | Babel Free

Definitions

A mountain pass in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.

Examples

“The Peak Hotel is situated at Victoria Gap, about 1,400 feet above the sea, and provides extensive accommodation on a most luxurious scale.”

“In the course of its journey from Garden Road to the Upper Terminus at Victoria Gap, the tram, like any neighborhood commuter train, stops - or more accurately hesitates - at Barker, Bowen, Macdonnell, Kennedy and May Road Stations.”

“Thus, Peak Hotel owner and Scotsman Alexander Findlay Smith, planned to open up the area with a new tram system to connect Victoria Gap to Murray Barracks.[…] On its opening day, a local journalist wrote that “there is nothing to cause the least of nervousness and the car rises smoothly and steadily to the Victoria Gap.””

“West Group, RA, under Major Crowe evacuated their HQ at Wan Chai Gap and established a new HQ at Victoria Gap.”

“The main route between Victoria Gap and Magazine Gap suffered severely, especially in the former area. Magazine Gap area, though continually shelled, fortunately suffered less and little damage was done to the cables, though subsidiary routes suffered…”

“The line, connecting Murray Barracks to Victoria Gap, was opened by Governor Sir George William des Voeux in 1888”

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