Mount Kellett

{{short description|Mountain on Hong Kong Island}}

{{Infobox mountain|name=Mount Kellett, Hong Kong|photo=Mount Kellett.JPG|photo_caption=View of Mount Kellett|elevation_m=501|elevation_ref=|prominence=|map=Hong Kong|map_caption=Location of Mount Kellett in Hong Kong|label_position=|listing=|location={{HKG}}|range=|coordinates={{coord|22|15|42.64|N|114|8|54.37|E}}|coordinates_ref=|topo=|type=|age=|volcanic_arc/belt=|last_eruption=|first_ascent=|easiest_route=|other_name=奇力山}}Mount Kellett ({{zh|t=奇力山|c=|s=|p=}}) is a {{convert|501|m|ft|-high|adj=mid}} mountain on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EphFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA5 |title=Eastern Fortress: A Military History of Hong Kong, 1840–1970|last1=Man|first1=Kwong Chi|last2=Lun|first2=Tsoi Yiu|date=2014-07-01|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789888208708|language=en}} It was likely named after British Royal Navy Vice Admiral Henry Kellett, the captain of HMS Starling in the 19th century.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75vfUwXCmgEC&q=mount+kellett+name |title=Rambles in Hong Kong|last1=Heywood|first1=G. S. P.|last2=Gee|first2=Richard|date=1993-05-13|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195858167|language=en}}

A private hospital, Matilda Hospital, is located at the foot of Mount Kellett.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBx6McA35iYC&pg=PA130 |title=Plague, SARS and the Story of Medicine in Hong Kong|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789622098053|language=en}}

Historically, apart from houses owned by the government, banks and corporations and lived by their officials and chairmen. The less prestigious streets, such as Guildford Road and Mount Kellett Road, face the southside instead of Victoria Harbour. {{Cite web |date=5 July 2006 |title=HSBC's Peak asset for sale |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/555417/hsbcs-peak-asset-sale |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}

Some of the large houses on the Peak with historic values, including homes of consulates, and government buildings, were demolished over the decades and redeveloped into smaller houses within managed complexes. In 2006, Sun Hung Kai Properties paid HK$ 1.8b, or 42,196 per sq.ft. through a government auction for a plot at 12 Mt Kellett Road, where there were blocks of flats as housing for medium-grade officials.{{Cite web |date=20 Dec 2006 |title=HK$1.8b Peak site world's most expensive |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/576088/hk18b-peak-site-worlds-most-expensive |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} In 2022, a house ‘Twelve Peaks’ at 12 Mt Kellett Road was sold by the creditors of HNA Chairman Chen Feng, whose business in mainland China was bankrupt, for HK$ 390m, or HK$91,959 per sq. ft. Chen Feng paid HK$ 506m in 2016 or HK$ 119,323 per sq.ft.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-13 |title=HNA Creditors Sell Seized Luxury Home on Hong Kong's Peak |url=https://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/finance/hna-creditors-sell-seized-luxury-home-on-hong-kongs-peak/ |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=Mingtiandi |language=en-US}}