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Indonesia, Bangka-Belitung Islands

Muntok Bangka tin port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Shipping port for the Bangka tin mines from the 1700s under palembang, VOC and Dutch rule, with a smeltery shore and old pier ground on the Bangka Strait.

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