User:Auric/Moresby Island, New Guinea

Moresby Island in an island in New Guinea.





History
Moresby Island was discovered by Captain Moresby and the Officers of HMS Basilisk (1848). The island was located near the present-day Port Moresby. Other islands in the archipelago were named Basilisk Island, Hayter Island and Heath Island, and Glenton Island (600 ft tall). A bay named Sir Alexander Milne Bay, about 12 to 18 miles in breadth, and 45 miles deep separated them from the mainland.