Empress Augusta Bay
| Empress Augusta Bay | ||
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 Satellite image of the Empress Augusta Bay |
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| Waters | Solomon Lake | |
| Land mass | Bougainville | |
| Geographical location | 6 ° 20 ′ S , 155 ° 11 ′ E | |
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| width | approx. 30 km | |
| depth | approx. 15 km | |
The Kaiserin Augusta Bay ( English Empress Augusta Bay ) is a large sea bay in front of the Torokina district of the island of Bougainville , in Papua New Guinea .
The bay was named Kaiserin-Augusta-Bucht after Augusta von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach , the wife of Kaiser Wilhelm I , at the time the island Bougainville belonged to the German colony German New Guinea and kept this name in anglicised form.
On November 1 and 2, 1943, the naval battle of the Empress Augusta Bay took place at the Empress Augusta Bay between the Japanese army and US troops .
The Jaba River flows into the bay with a delta. In the Jaba opens above the Kawerong River, in the solid waste and of the ore residues from 1972 to 1989 operated Panguna were initiated (copper).
Individual evidence
- ^ Colin P. North: Depositional basin in tailings disposal area, Jaba River, Bougainville. abdn.ac.uk, University of Aberdeen, accessed January 22, 2017.