Commodore Bay
| Commodore Bay Commodore Bay (former name) |
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| Land mass | New Britain | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 31 ′ S , 150 ° 39 ′ E | |
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| width | approx. 15 km | |
| depth | approx. 8 km | |
| Islands | Coral reefs offshore | |
| Tributaries | Kapiura River, Bilomi River, Gavuvu River | |
The Commodore Bay (in the German colonial era Commodore Bay or Commodore Bai is called) is a bay on the north coast of New Britain to the west of willaumez peninsula in the province of West New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea .
The bay belongs to the Bismarcksee and is about 15 km wide and about 8 km deep. Offshore coral reefs block a large part of the access to the bay.
The bay is part of Kimbe Bay , a much larger bay that extends from the Willaumez Peninsula in the west to the island of Duportail in the east of New Britain.
literature
- Keyword: Commodorebay. Online in: Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon, Volume I, Leipzig 1920, p. 276.