Victoria Gap

Victoria +‎ gap, from Victoria Peak, ultimately named after Queen Victoria.

Victoria Gap

1. A mountain pass in Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
   • 1899, The Directory & Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, &c, page 278:

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

   • 2019, Philip Cracknell, Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941, Amberley Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

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

   • 2020, Victor S. Ient, These Valiant Men: The Story of Eight British Servicemen in World War II in the Far East, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 16:

     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…