Pocklington Reef

Pocklington Reef

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Pocklington Reef
Geography
Location Solomon Sea
Coordinates 10°48′44″S 155°44′18″E / 10.81222°S 155.73833°E / -10.81222; 155.73833Coordinates: 10°48′44″S 155°44′18″E / 10.81222°S 155.73833°E / -10.81222; 155.73833
Archipelago Louisiade Archipelago
Adjacent bodies of water Solomon Sea
Total islands 2 inhabited on Bentley Group
Major islands
  • North islet    
Area 0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi)
Highest elevation 1 m (3 ft)
Administration
Province  Milne Bay
District Samarai-Murua District
LLG Yaleyamba Rural Local Level Government Area
Demographics
Population 0 (2014)
Pop. density 0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)
Additional information
Time zone
Official website www.ncdc.gov.pg
ISO Code = PG-MBA

Pocklington Reef is a coral reef and a mostly submerged atoll in the far southeast of Papua New Guinea.

It is 162.4 km from the closest island, Loa Boloba, which is a tiny coral islet within the fringing reef near Cape Deliverance, the south east point of Rossel Island (Yela) in the Louisiade Archipelago, and belongs to Milne Bay province, Samarai-Murua District, Yaleyamba Rural Local Level Government Area.

Pocklington Reef sits on top of Pocklington Ridge, which extends north-east from Rossel Island. The reef is 32 km long and up to 4 km wide. Its longer axis is north-east-south-west. The rim of the reef encloses a deep lagoon. The northern rim reaches closer to the surface, and several above water rocks with heights between 0.9 and 3 metres high lie along its length. There is a small spit of sand about the size of a football field (less than one hectare) at the north-east end. There is a shipwreck at that location.[1]

On 28 April 1962, Panamanian SS Dona Ourania grounded on Pocklington Reef.[2]

Pocklington Reef Marine Park is a proposed marine protected area.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub164/164sec08.pdf
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=tpo9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=%22Pocklington+Reef%22&source=web&ots=_dWQuJkqs4&sig=bvxhGPmAA-Qh0Hows-7WMzAFt6g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=37&ct=result
  3. ↑ http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showMain&site_code=15924


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