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Pana Tinani west - calm garden bay
Anchorage · Eastern Calvados & Nimoa · Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
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- Position
- 11°14.54'S 153°08.17'E
- Our visit
- Passed through in Apr 2024 on the return trip.
- Notes
- Very calm anchorage with very good fishing; people visit their gardens here.
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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)Hati Lawi Harbour (Pana Tinani SE)Pana Tinani SE - our anchorageNimoa (Nimowa) Island - mission anchorageColman's moorings (Nimoa)Hudunuwa Passage (exit east)
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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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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 other cruisers' notes (2023): 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 Information can be out of date or wrong, and positions can be out by hundreds of metres.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.