part of Coloane is 300 m. The highest points in Macau are eastern and central Coloane, with the highest point being the 170.6 m Coloane Alto (, Alto de Coloane).

Before land reclamation works started beginning in the 1990s, Coloane was a former island, separated from Taipa by the bay of Seac Pai Van, which from 1969 was crossed by a 2.2 km causeway, the Estrada do Istmo, connecting Coloane to Taipa. However by the early 2000s, extensive land reclamation