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Nimoa (Nimowa) Island - mission anchorage
Anchorage · Eastern Calvados & Nimoa · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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- Position
- 11°18.54'S 153°14.44'E
- Depth
- 4–21 m
- Wind shelter
- good in N, E, S
- Getting in
- Very narrow track into the inner anchorage (4 m sand). The sea ambulance usually anchors here.
- Bottom
- sand
- Ashore
- Catholic mission and Nimowa Health Centre - trained sisters, free care, the best health care outside Alotau and Misima; sea ambulance to Misima hospital. Donations welcome (baby clothes, basic medicines). School. Bagi made here. Fuel sometimes in small quantities from the mission. Well water at the villages. Kula-ring feasts.
- Water
- Well water at the villages (1990s). Colman's spring nearby is the best water around (2023).
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Drawn by us from OpenStreetMap, Sentinel-2 and our GPS. Not for navigation.
More in the Eastern Calvados & Nimoa
Grass Island (Wanim)Wanim south - deep anchorageHessessai Bay / Hevaisi (Pana Tinani)Pana Tinani west - calm garden bayHati Lawi Harbour (Pana Tinani SE)Pana Tinani SE - our anchorageColman's moorings (Nimoa)Hudunuwa Passage (exit east)
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Thanks to Soggy Paws PNG Compendium, other cruisers' notes (2023), Cruising Helmsman 2000: their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.
Thanks to Soggy Paws PNG Compendium, other cruisers' notes (2023), Cruising Helmsman 2000: their notes are summarised in our own words.
This guide is a set of personal cruising notes shared in good faith. Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres. It is not a substitute for official charts and notices, your own eyes, local knowledge, or professional medical, legal or customs advice. You use it at your own risk: the skipper alone is responsible for the safety of the vessel and everyone on board, and the authors accept no liability for any loss, injury or damage arising from its use.