The bay is located at the east of the Kowloon Peninsula and north of Hong Kong Island.
It is the eastern portion of Victoria Harbour, between Hung Hom and Lei Yue Mun.
Administratively, the reclamation of Kowloon Bay and water east of the runway except the airport area is part of Kwun Tong District.
The western part of the bay is now protected from the sea by a breakwater, and forms the To Kwa Wan typhoon shelter.
Other barrel rocks, the Channel Rock and the Hoi Sham Island (also To Kwa Wan Island), are now connected to land at the former Kai Tak International Airport runway and at To Kwa Wan respectively, by land reclamation.
The reduction in demand for land, environmental issues, and public outcry led to a revision of the project.