Blanche Bay
Blanche Bay is a bay near Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The bay is named after HMS Blanche, which surveyed the bay under the command of Captain Cortland Simpson in 1872.- Bay
- Description: bay in Papua New Guinea
- Also known as“Abit Nata”“Blanche-Bai”“Blanchebucht”
Nearby Volcanoes
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Tavurvur
Tavurvur is an active stratovolcano near Rabaul, on the island of New Britain, in Papua New Guinea.
Vulcan
Vulcan is a pumice cone in Papua New Guinea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rabaul.
Rabaul
Rabaul is the former provincial capital of East New Britain in Papua New Guinea.
Blanche Bay
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Latitude
-4.26389° or 4° 15′ 50″ south
Longitude
152.19068° or 152° 11′ 26″ east
Open location code
6R7JP5PR+C7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Blanche Bay” goes by many names.
Blanche BayCebuano
Blanche Bay (luuk sa Papua New Guinea)Cebuano
布兰奇湾Chinese
ブランチェ湾Japanese
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