Gemo
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Gemo (also known as Hanudamava) is an island at the mouth of Port Moresby's Fairfax harbour.
During the second World War a ‘Boom Net’ was stretched between Paga Point and the southern tip of this Island to stop the Japanese Submarines from entering Fairfax Harbour.
See story: indicatorloops.com/portmoresby.htm
During the second World War a ‘Boom Net’ was stretched between Paga Point and the southern tip of this Island to stop the Japanese Submarines from entering Fairfax Harbour.
See story: indicatorloops.com/portmoresby.htm
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 9°28'49"S 147°6'58"E
- Goodenough Island 329 km
- Fergusson Island 363 km
- Normanby Island 399 km
- Trobriand Islands 400 km
- Sideia 416 km
- Sanaroa 421 km
- Basilaki 432 km
- Kiriwina 443 km
- Umboi 453 km
- Conflict Islands 518 km
- Leper Colony in Port Moresby 0.7 km
- Gemo Island Gun Battery. [Historical] 0.8 km
- Konebada Point 1.9 km
- WWII Gun Emplacements (Basalisk Battery). [Historical] 2.4 km
- Puma Oil Refinery 2.5 km
- Idlers Bay 3.6 km
- Idler's Bay 3.6 km
- Ski Grounds 4.1 km
- Basilisk Passage 6.4 km
- Fishermans Airfield 8.1 km