Located in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter is one of the main typhoon shelters in Victoria Harbour.
In 1883, the Hong Kong government carried out reclamation works in Causeway Bay, from the existing Causeway Bay Road to the existing Causeway Road. The Bay opposite Causeway Road was built as the first typhoon shelter in Hong Kong. In 1950, the typhoon shelter was filled up and Victoria Park was built on the original site. The old embankment became the existing Victoria Park Road, and the typhoon shelter has been moved to the outside of Victoria Park Road.
Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter
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In 1883, the Hong Kong government carried out reclamation works in Causeway Bay, from the existing Causeway Bay Road to the existing Causeway Road. The Bay opposite Causeway Road was built as the first typhoon shelter in Hong Kong. In 1950, the typhoon shelter was filled up and Victoria Park was built on the original site. The old embankment became the existing Victoria Park Road, and the typhoon shelter has been moved to the outside of Victoria Park Road.
Environmental Science
Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter extends from Killy island in the west to the sea off Hing Fat Street in the East. As Qili island in the west is the site of the Hong Kong Yacht Club, the typhoon shelter is mainly used for yachts. Killy island is also the entrance of the Hong Kong Cross Harbour Tunnel. To the east of the typhoon shelter is the starting point of the island eastern corridor.
characteristic
In the 1970s, there were a lot of boats providing food and entertainment in the typhoon shelter of Causeway Bay, which provided distinctive typhoon shelter food, such as fried crab in the typhoon shelter.
In the typhoon shelter of Causeway Bay, there is a red triangle Tin Hau Temple boat. It is the only Tin Hau Temple fishing boat floating on the sea in Hong Kong. Sometimes there are temples to keep watch of the temple. Most of the believers are fishermen. Visitors can go back and forth by sampan at the typhoon shelter wharf. The number of this boat is "40426s".
Adjacent landscape
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Hong Kong Cross Harbour Tunnel
Causeway Bay Flyover
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Address: Victoria Harbour, central and Western District, Hong Kong Island
Longitude: 114.185175
Latitude: 22.284565
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