Alto de Coloane, Mountain peak in Coloane, Macau

Alto de Coloane is Macau's highest natural point, a forested hill on Coloane Island. Sources give 170.59 m for the hill and 172.41 m including the concrete facade; a triangulation point marks the summit, with a radar installation a few metres below. The wooded top allows only partial views, and the A-Ma statue, Coloane summit park and a temple stand within sight.

Under Decree-Law 56/84/M of 30 June 1984, amended by Decree-Law 83/92/M of 31 December 1992, the area of Coloane Island above 80 metres was declared a protected zone. The hilltop park was built in 1988 on a 260-square-metre site. In 1997 the 19.99-metre white marble statue of A-Ma was completed, designed by Macau painter Leung Man-nin and carved in Quyang County, Hebei.

The white statue of the goddess A-Ma near the summit park is 19.99 metres tall, about 30 metres with its base, and was completed in 1997. It was designed by the Macau painter Leung Man-nin and carved in Quyang County, Hebei, from more than 700 tonnes of white marble. The figure follows a Tang-dynasty female image and faces the Macau peninsula.

The summit can be reached on foot from the park area near Coloane Village, and buses run regularly from the main parts of Macau to get there. The walk up is moderate and manageable for most visitors, though sturdy shoes are a good idea given the forest paths.

The summit holds a triangulation point, with a radar installation a few metres below it. The 19.99-metre white marble statue of A-Ma, designed by Macau painter Leung Man-nin and carved in Quyang, Hebei, was completed in 1997 at a cost of over 8.7 million patacas and weighs more than 700 tonnes.