Astrolabe Bay, a large inlet of the sea on the northern coast of the eastern portion of New Guinea, opposite the end of New Britain. The vegetation of the shores is luxuriant; a range of mountains, 14,000 feet high, bounds the view some 15 miles inland; the anchorage is exposed and insecure, and there are no practicable harbours.
Astrolabe Bay
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 523
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