thumb|Kellett Island with the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club buildings in 2011. A portion of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is visible on the left of the picture.
thumb|View of Kellett Island, with Royal Hong Kong Club Building and Pier, in 1948.
thumb|Entrance of the [[Cross-Harbour Tunnel and land reclamation connecting Kellett Island (upper left) to Causeway Bay in the 1970s.]]
thumb|Kellett Island in 2004, viewed from the west. The Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club buildings are visible on the left, the entrance of the [[Cross-Harbour Tunnel is visible on the right, and the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter in the background.]]
Kellett Island is a former island of Victoria Harbour, off East Point in Hong Kong. It is now connected to Hong Kong Island at Causeway Bay following land reclamation in 1969.
It is located in Wan Chai District.
Facilities
thumb|right|250px|Kellett Island in the Map of Hong Kong in [[Convention of Peking in 1860]]
The main buildings of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club are located on the former Kellett Island. The former island and the reclaimed land form the western boundary of the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter. The southern entrance to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel is located on the Island.
History
The island was ceded to Britain together with Hong Kong Island. A small fort was built on it in 1841 for the protection of the eastern section of Victoria Harbour, and a battery with three cannons was added in 1854. The island was renamed in the 1860s (some sources mention 1842) After Kowloon Peninsula was ceded to Britain in 1860, the defense position of Kellett Island declined in importance, and it was used by British armed forces for ammunition and gunpowder storage. The new premises were formally opened on 26 October 1940 by the then Acting Governor, Lieutenant General Sir E. F. Norton.
After the fall of Hong Kong in 1941, occupying Japanese forces kept military supplies there, including fuel, gunpowder, artillery and ammunition. After the War, the Yacht Club was reopened there on 17 September 1945.