Astrolabe Bay
| Astrolabe Bay Astrolabebai (former name) |
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| Land mass | New Guinea | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 12 ′ S , 145 ° 32 ′ E | |
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| width | approx. 40 km | |
| depth | approx. 30 km | |
| Tributaries | Kabenau | |
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The Astrolabe Bay ( German "Astrolabe", "Astrolabe Bay" ) is a large bay in the Bismarck Sea off the north coast of Papua New Guinea and a natural harbor for the city of Madang . It extends from Cape Iris in the south to Cape Croisilles in the north. It was discovered by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1827 and named after his ship Astrolabe . In turn, this ship was named after another, the astrolabe of the missing French explorer Jean-François de La Pérouse . The astrolabe , after which the ships are named, is an instrument for navigation at sea.
During the German colonial period , Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hafen ( Madang , headquarters of the New Guinea Company ), Konstantinhafen (another station of the New Guinea Company), Stephansort (station of the Astrolabe Company ) and Prince Heinrichs-Hafen were important locations for German New Guinea Bay.
The Kabenau flows into the bay .