Chesterfield Islands

城市概覽

The many tiny islets of the Chesterfields are little more than small beaches stranded in the middle of the South Pacific. Inhabited only by birds and nesting turtles (of which there are indeed very many), all there is to see is wildlife, all there is to do is sun, swim, and dive.

Bellona Reefs Captain Matthew Boyd of Bellona named the reefs for his ship. He had delivered convicts to New South Wales in 1793 and was on his way to China to pick up a cargo at Canton to take back to Britain for the British East India Company when he passed the reefs in February–March 1793.

1 Bellona Reefs - West Point 2 Bellona Reefs - Olry Reef, on the south an unvegetated sand cay Caye Est Bellona 3 Middle Bellona Reefs, 4 Bellona Reefs - Observatory Cay, 5 Bellona Reefs - Booby Reef, 6 Northwest Bellona Reef, 7 Bellona Reefs - Noel Bank, 8 Bellona Reefs - West Point, Approximately 3 m tall sand islet, reported to be non-existent by 1988 9 Bellona Reefs - Observatory Cay, 800 m long and 2 m high, lies on the Middle Bellona Reefs at the southern end of the Chesterfield Reefs and 180 nm east of Kenn Reef.

Minerva Shoal Not to be confused with Minerva Reefs, south of Fiji and Tonga. 10 Minerva Shoal,

Chesterfield Reefs 11 Chesterfield Reefs - Loop Islet, 12 Chesterfield Reefs - Anchorage Islets, 13 Chesterfield Reefs - Passage Islet (Bennett Islet), 14 Chesterfield Reefs - Long Island, The Chesterfield Reefs is a loose collection of elongated reefs that enclose a deep, semi-sheltered, lagoon. The reefs on the west and northwest are known as the Chesterfield Reefs; those on the east and north being the Bampton Reefs. The Chesterfield Reefs form a structure measuring 120 km in length (northeast to southwest) and 70 km across (east to west). There are numerous cays occurring amongst the reefs of both the Chesterfield and Bampton Reefs. These include: Loop Islet, Renard Cay, Skeleton Cay, Bennett Island, Passage Islet, Long Island, the Avon Isles, the Anchorage Islets and Bampton Is

如何抵達

There is only one method of travel, and that is private yacht—there are no commercial transport options. Owing to the extreme isolation of these islands and to the lack of any facilities or amenities, a trip here can only be called an expedition.

住宿

There is beach camping, and there are your cabins on your boat. There are no other options.

順遊推薦

The nearest land mass, aside from Grande Terre, is mainland Queensland nearly 480 km to the west.