Cape Ward Hunt

08°03′00″S 148°08′00″E

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]