Lat
2° 30' 0S Long 150° 15' 0E Island located off the western
tip of New Ireland
History
After occupying nearby Kavieng without opposition, the Mai No 2 Special
Infantry landed at New Hanover looking for opposition,
but found none.
Chapman's Reef
Famous for its barracudas, and the Japanese supply ship and midget
submarine sunk here off the northwestern tip of New Hanover. These
wrecks were part of a Japanese task force assembled in Three Islands
Harbor and sunk by Allied bombing raids in 1944.
