Cape Nelson (other)
Cape Nelson may refer to: *Cape Nelson (Papua New Guinea) Cape Nelson is a cape on the north coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The cape was named by Captain John Moresby in 1874 commanding after Lord Horatio Nelson. Cape Nelson lies on the northern extremity of a peninsula with a coast broken b ..., in Oro Province *the cape of that name in Cape Nelson State Park, Victoria, Australia {{Geodis ...
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Cape Nelson (Papua New Guinea)
Cape Nelson is a cape on the north coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea. The cape was named by Captain John Moresby in 1874 commanding after Lord Horatio Nelson. Cape Nelson lies on the northern extremity of a peninsula with a coast broken by narrow fjord like inlets and Mount Victory, an active volcano with a height of , as its highest feature with the cape itself composed of grassy slopes rising to mountains with a fringing reef and numerous off shore reefs. The Hall Point light (9°03'S., 149°18'E.) lies about southeast of the cape. The waters between Cape Nelson and Cape Ward Hunt, lying about to the north-west, 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, a sounding of several hund ...
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