Haymet rock

supposed position of the Haymet rocks

Map (1924) of Central Polynesia , with Haymet ^back and Orne B ^k at the lower edge of the map (center)

The Haymet Rocks (also Haymet Cliffs , English Haymet Rocks , also Haymet Reef ) were sighted in 1863 by Captain JE Haymet on the schooner Will Watch in the South Pacific at 27 ° 11 ′ S, 160 ° 13 ′ W. On the passage from Auckland to Rarotonga , he drove between two rocks that were almost 500 m apart and were between 2.10 and 2.40 m under water. He rammed the northern rock and damaged the ship's hull. The Haymet Rocks have not been sighted since then.

The Haymet Rocks could be a holdover from the Tuanaki group of islands.

Sightings of shallows in the area

On September 11, 1874, the French transport ship L'Orne crossed a below about 27 ° 42 'S; 157 ° 44 'W bank with a water depth of approx. 30 m. At the same point in 1877, Captain Chambeyon from the French warship Le Curieux found a depth of almost 10 m.

Individual evidence

↑ Pacific Islands Vol. 3 p. 28
^ Patrick D. Nunn: Vanished islands and hidden continents of the Pacific , p. 175
↑ Findlay, Alexander George: A directory for the navigation of the South Pacific Ocean: with descriptions of its coasts, islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and those of New Zealand, Australia, etc .; London: RH Laurie, 1877 (4th ed.), P. 498; see. Doubtful hydrographic data = Données hydrographiques douteuses, Pt. E: South Pacific Ocean; Monaco 1968 (3rd ed.) (Special publication / International Hydrographic Bureau; 20) (p. 58, No. 388.60 / 01)
^ Henry Stommel: Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts . University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver 1984, ISBN 0774802103 , p. 60.
^ Coppell, William George: About the Cook Islands: their nomenclature and a systematic statement of early European contacts; in: Journal de la Société des Océanistes, T. 29, No. 38; Paris 1973 (p. 23–56) p. 47. There the captain's name is given with Haymont .

[1] Pacific Islands Vol. 3 p. 28

[2] Patrick D. Nunn: Vanished islands and hidden continents of the Pacific , p. 175

[3] Findlay, Alexander George: A directory for the navigation of the South Pacific Ocean: with descriptions of its coasts, islands, etc., from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and those of New Zealand, Australia, etc .; London: RH Laurie, 1877 (4th ed.), P. 498; see. Doubtful hydrographic data = Données hydrographiques douteuses, Pt. E: South Pacific Ocean; Monaco 1968 (3rd ed.) (Special publication / International Hydrographic Bureau; 20) (p. 58, No. 388.60 / 01)

[4] Henry Stommel: Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts . University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver 1984, ISBN 0774802103 , p. 60.

[5] Coppell, William George: About the Cook Islands: their nomenclature and a systematic statement of early European contacts; in: Journal de la Société des Océanistes, T. 29, No. 38; Paris 1973 (p. 23–56) p. 47. There the captain's name is given with Haymont .