Port Shelter

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Port Shelter
Inner Port Shelter, Outer Port Shelter
牛尾海 (Yue Chinese)
View of Inner Port Shelter, Port Shelter and Outer Port Shelter from the nearby mountain. Sai Kung town centre can be seen at the left bottom. The right bottom is Hebe Haven
Port Shelter Map of Hong Kong and the approximate location of the centre of Port Shelter
Map of Xin'an County of 1866 (enlarged), showing the Port Shelter and the town Sai Kung
Location	Sai Kung District, the New Territories, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°20′30″N 114°17′20″E / 22.3417°N 114.289°E / 22.3417; 114.289
Type	Bay / harbour
Part of	Eastern Waters of H.K. (physical) Port Shelter Water Control Zone (legal)
Designation	water [pollution] control zone
Salinity	32.7 (measured in 2002–03; 3 sample points)[1]

Port Shelter, known in Cantonese as Ngau Mei Hoi (Chinese: 牛尾海; Jyutping: ngau4 mei5 hoi2; Cantonese Yale: ngàuh méih hói), is a harbour south of Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. The water body connects to Inner Port Shelter (known in Cantonese as Sai Kung Hoi; Chinese: 西貢海; Jyutping: sai1 gung3 hoi2; Cantonese Yale: sāi gung hói), as well as Hebe Haven (白沙灣), Rocky Harbour (糧船灣海) and other water body. Outer Port Shelter, is situated at the mouth of the harbour.