Cape Ward Hunt

Coordinates: 08°03′00″S 148°08′00″E / 8.05000°S 148.13333°E / -8.05000; 148.13333

Cape Ward Hunt is a cape on the north coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The cape was named after George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Admiralty (1874-1877), by Captain John Moresby.[1]

The cape is a bold, well-wooded point about 46-metre high (151 ft) that rises to an elevation of 180 m inland (590 ft), with a disused 62-metre-tall (203 ft), metal-framework light tower on the point and a conspicuous rock named Craigs Pillar at its eastern extremity.[2] The waters lying between Cape Ward Hunt and Cape Nelson about 87 miles (140 km) distant are described as being:

of the most dangerous character, due to the unsurveyed areas and the numerous coral patches and shoals. The coral patches are steep-to and the sea seldom breaks on them. The weather is often thick with passing squalls of rain, and anchorages are rare close to land. Between coral patches only a few miles apart [half-dozen km], a sounding of several hundred meters [1,600 to 2,500 ft] may be obtained.[3]

A radar of the Royal Australian Air Force manned by No. 315 Radar Station RAAF was located upon Cape Ward Hunt from 12 April 1943 until 4 October 1944 during World War II.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Pacific Wrecks.
  2. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, p. 195.
  3. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, p. 193.
  4. ↑ Radar Returns.

References cited

  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (2011). Pub. 164 Sailing Directions (Enroute)—New Guinea. Sailing Directions (Enroute). Springfield, Virginia: United States Government—National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 
  • Pacific Wrecks. "Cape Ward Hunt". Pacific Wrecks.com. Retrieved 24 September 2013. 
  • Radar Returns. "Unit: 315RS". Radar Returns. Retrieved 24 September 2013. 



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