Chasseloup Bay
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Chasseloup Bay or Baie Chasseloup is a bay in northwestern New Caledonia
. It lies northwest of Katavilli Bay
and southeast of Gomen Bay
.The town of Voh
lies to the east of the bay. Several rivers empty into the bay. A small coral reef with a least depth of 5 feet lies 1200 yards westward of the middle of the head of Chasseloup Bay. Puangue Channel is westward of Chasseloup bay and forms a curve about 2J miles in length. It is reportedly the only way within the outer reef by which a vessel can pass to the northward.Anchorage in the bay is said to be good.
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
. It lies northwest of Katavilli Bay
Katavilli Bay
Katavilli Bay or Baie Katavilli is a bay in northwestern New Caledonia. It lies northwest of Nekoro Bay and southeast of Chasseloup Bay. The village of Pinjen lies just to the northwest of the bay.The Kone River empties into its eastern side....
and southeast of Gomen Bay
Gomen Bay
Gomen Bay or Baie Gomen is a bay in northwestern New Caledonia. It lies northwest of Chasseloup Bay and southeast of Ohland Bay.The village of Kaala Gomen lies near the bay....
.The town of Voh
Voh
Voh is a commune in the North Province of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean.It has become famous for the aerial photography known as The Heart of Voh, a large formation of vegetation that resembles a heart seen from above...
lies to the east of the bay. Several rivers empty into the bay. A small coral reef with a least depth of 5 feet lies 1200 yards westward of the middle of the head of Chasseloup Bay. Puangue Channel is westward of Chasseloup bay and forms a curve about 2J miles in length. It is reportedly the only way within the outer reef by which a vessel can pass to the northward.Anchorage in the bay is said to be good.