Leizhou Peninsula
The leased territory was situated in Guangdong Province (Kwangtung Province) on the east side of the Leizhou Peninsula (), north of Hainan, around a bay then called Kwangchowan, now called the Port of Zhanjiang. The bay forms the estuary of the Maxie River (Chinese: , ). The Maxie is navigable as far as inland even by large warships.