Simpson Harbour
Simpson Harbour is a sheltered harbour of Blanche Bay, on the Gazelle Peninsula in the extreme north of New Britain. The harbour is named after Captain Cortland Simpson, who surveyed the bay while in command of HMS Blanche in 1872.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Harbor
- …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
- …is also known as “Rabaul Harbor”
- Description: harbour in Papua New Guinea
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rabaul.
Simpson Harbour
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Latitude
-4.22224° or 4° 13′ 20″ south
Longitude
152.16544° or 152° 9′ 56″ east
Open location code
6R7JQ5H8+45
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“Simpson Harbour” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “辛普森港”
- Czech: “Simpsonův přístav”
- Czech: “Zátoka Simpson”
- French: “Port de Simpson”
- German: “Simpson Harbour”
- Japanese: “シンプソン湾”
- Portuguese: “Simpson Harbour”
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