Porlock Bay, Papua New Guinea

Porlock Bay is a bay within Dyke Ackland Bay, Oro Province of Papua New Guinea named by Captain John Moresby after Porlock Bay in Somerset, England.[1]

The harbour, known as Porlock Harbour, within the bay was utilised by the American and Australian armed forces as a safe anchorage and supply depot during World War II. A battery of anti-aircraft guns was positioned at Cody's Point.[2]

References
  1. As it was, Hydro International, retrieved 2015-06-05
  2. Porlock Harbour, PacificWrecks.com, retrieved 2015-06-05

9°02′S 149°00′E


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