Comet port
| Comet port | ||
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| Waters | Bismarcksee | |
| Land mass | New Britain | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 30 '36 " S , 149 ° 42' 0" E | |
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| width | approx. 10 km | |
| depth | approx. 7 km | |
| Islands | upstream: Talangone Island | |
Comet Harbor is a (possibly no longer in use or not official) name for a bay on the north coast of New Britain west of the Willaumez Peninsula in the West New Britain Province .
The bay belongs to the Bismarcksee and is about 10 km long and about 7 km wide. Offshore islands, such as Talangone Island, limit the sea-side access to the bay to a northern and an eastern driveway, both of which are lined with reefs and are therefore difficult to pass.
The bay was named after the outbreak of World War I and the invasion of the German colony of New Guinea by Australian forces as a refuge for the government yacht of the Komet colony . The ship, which was equipped with radio equipment, anchored there until 9 October 1914 by Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force Troops applied was.
literature
- Pacific Islands pilot. Volume 1. United States Hydrographic Office. 1916. page 481.
Web links
- Photo of the HMAS Nusa together with the comet in Comet Harbor, probably taken in October 1914, along with a brief history of the comet and its conquest on the homepage of the Australian National Maritime Museum