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Cape on the southwestern coast of New Guinea
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Cape Kombies
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Geography
LocationWestern New Guinea
Coordinates8°21′56″S 138°57′50″E / 8.36556°S 138.96389°E / -8.36556; 138.96389
Administration
 Indonesia

Cape Kombies is a cape on the southwestern coast of New Guinea, near Yos Sudarso Island, in South Papua Province, Indonesia.

History

During World War II, a radar station of the Australian Army was installed there, with the aim of spotting Japanese airplanes coming from the Aru islands or the Vogelkop to attack Merauke and the Torres Strait. The station operated from May 1943 until May 1945.

Notes

  1. Arnold, Anthony Peter (2013), pp. 244, 328.
  2. Hydrographic/Topographic Center (1979). p.402

References

  • Hydrographic/Topographic Center (1979). Sailing Directions (enroute) for New Guinea (First ed.). Defense Mapping Agency.
  • Arnold, Anthony Peter (2013). A Slim Barrier: The Defence of Mainland Australia 1939-1945 (PhD thesis). UNSW Sydney. doi:10.26190/unsworks/16482. hdl:1959.4/53041.
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