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Coordinates: 10°48′44″S 155°44′18″E / 10.81222°S 155.73833°E / -10.81222; 155.73833
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On 28 April 1962, [[Panama]]nian ''SS Dona Ourania''<ref>[http://sunderlandships.com/view.php?ref=101549 Dona Ourania] Wear Built Ships </ref> grounded on Pocklington Reef.<ref>Gerald Forsberg [https://books.google.com/books?id=tpo9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=%22Pocklington+Reef%22&source=web&ots=_dWQuJkqs4&sig=bvxhGPmAA-Qh0Hows-7WMzAFt6g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=37&ct=result Salvage from the Sea] Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Jan 1, 1977</ref>
On 28 April 1962, [[Panama]]nian ''SS Dona Ourania''<ref>[http://sunderlandships.com/view.php?ref=101549 Dona Ourania] Wear Built Ships </ref> grounded on Pocklington Reef.<ref>Gerald Forsberg [https://books.google.com/books?id=tpo9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA40&lpg=PA40&dq=%22Pocklington+Reef%22&source=web&ots=_dWQuJkqs4&sig=bvxhGPmAA-Qh0Hows-7WMzAFt6g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=37&ct=result Salvage from the Sea] Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Jan 1, 1977</ref>
== Marine Protected Area ==
== Marine Protected Area ==
Pocklington Reef Marine Park is a proposed [[marine protected area]].<ref>http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showMain&site_code=15924</ref>
Pocklington Reef Marine Park is a proposed [[marine protected area]].<ref name="mpa">[http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showMain&site_code=15924 Pocklington Reef] Wood, L. J. (2007). MPA Global: A database of the world's marine protected areas. Sea Around Us Project, UNEP-WCMC & WWF. www.mpaglobal.org </ref>


==References==
==References==

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Pocklington Reef
Pocklington Reef is located in Papua New Guinea
Pocklington Reef
Pocklington Reef
Geography
LocationSolomon Sea
Coordinates10°48′44″S 155°44′18″E / 10.81222°S 155.73833°E / -10.81222; 155.73833
TypeReef
ArchipelagoLouisiade Archipelago
Adjacent toSolomon Sea
Area0.01 km2 (0.0039 sq mi)
Highest elevation1 m (3 ft)
Administration
Demographics
Population0
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Additional information
Time zone
ISO codePG-MBA
Official websitewww.ncdc.gov.pg

Pocklington Reef is a coral reef and a mostly submerged atoll in the far southeast of Papua New Guinea.

It is 162.4 km from the closest island, Loa Boloba, which is a tiny coral islet within the fringing reef near Cape Deliverance, the south east point of Rossel Island (Yela) in the Louisiade Archipelago, and belongs to Milne Bay province, Samarai-Murua District, Yaleyamba Rural Local Level Government Area.

Pocklington Reef sits on top of Pocklington Ridge, which extends north-east from Rossel Island. The reef is 32 km long and up to 4 km wide. Its longer axis is north-east-south-west. The rim of the reef encloses a deep lagoon. The northern rim reaches closer to the surface, and several above water rocks with heights between 0.9 and 3 metres high lie along its length. There is a small spit of sand about the size of a football field (less than one hectare) at the north-east end.

Shipwreck

There is a shipwreck at that location.[1]

On 28 April 1962, Panamanian SS Dona Ourania[2] grounded on Pocklington Reef.[3]

Marine Protected Area

Pocklington Reef Marine Park is a proposed marine protected area.[4]

References

  1. ^ Catalog of Nautical Charts.
  2. ^ Dona Ourania Wear Built Ships
  3. ^ Gerald Forsberg Salvage from the Sea Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul, Jan 1, 1977
  4. ^ Pocklington Reef Wood, L. J. (2007). MPA Global: A database of the world's marine protected areas. Sea Around Us Project, UNEP-WCMC & WWF. www.mpaglobal.org