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Pacific Islands, South Province

Noumea

Penal-colony port

Tidal foreshore Inferred from historyGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: French penal-era and colonial glass, nickel-boom era imports..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1853-1900

Historical inference; no documented digs found.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Reef lagoon
nickel-port zones.

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