Gadji Bay or Baie Gadji is a bay in southwestern
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
. It lies to the north of
Noumea and just north of the
Dumbéa Bay. Settlements on this stretch of coast include
Savanah and
Nakutakoin.
It contains an island known as "Pine Island" because of its prominent pine trees and a shipwreck.
This bay has major historical importance for its naval history, during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
was used for
Naval Base Noumea
Naval Base Noumea was a major United States Navy sea and air base at Nouméa, New Caledonia. Naval Base Noumea was built at Noumea Harbor. Noumea was picked for a naval base as it was beyond the range of Japanese land-based planes. Noumea is on t ...
.
References
Bays of New Caledonia
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