Kellett Island

Kellett Island

Kellett Island (奇力島, also 燈籠洲 in Chinese) is a former island off East Point in Hong Kong. It is now connected to Hong Kong Island at Causeway Bay as a result of land reclamation over the past 150 years.

The main buildings of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club are located by Victoria Harbour on the former Kellett Island. One of the two entrances to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel is located on the Island.

In October 1991, a pottery jar containing large quantity of Chinese copper coins was discovered at the island by The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club. The coins were dated to Sui, Tang and Song dynasties. The coins and the pottery jar were then handed over by the Club to the Antiquities and Monuments Office. [http://www5.lcsd.gov.hk/gishinter/html/viewer_en.htm The Geographical Information System on Hong Kong Heritage] ]

ee also

* Islands of Hong Kong
* Cross-Harbour Tunnel

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