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Anchorage New Caledonia CarenageThe World > Les Iles de l'Océan Pacifique > Mélanesie > Nouvelle Calédonie |
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The Baie du Carenage is one of the most protected anchorages in the South Pacific and is at the landward end of the Baie du Prony. There was a prison colony here in the 1800's and the prisoners logged the forests to provide wood for building Noumea - then the area's amazing mineral riches were discovered - the red earth in the sphere - when crushed and melted - yields nickel and iron - in nearly perfect proportions for making stainless steel. The land is also rich in cobalt and other heavy metals - so rich that most agricultural plants won't grow here. This is why no indigenous people live in this region and why the prison colony and small village that was founded here so long ago was abandoned.
For almost 50 years the land was allowed to return to wilderness - but now a new mining project has started in Baie du Prony and the crystal clear rivers, fields of orchids and exotic plant life is again heading for destruction.
For details on this anchorage see the cruising guide to New Caledonia.
Pepite River is the smallest of 4 rivers that empty into the Baie du Carenage in Prony. It is a "cute...
This sphere image was taken durring the rainy season nearly 4 years after the one right next to it on...
I have taken quite a few sphere images of Pipete River. You can, from the comfort of your where you a...
In New Caledonia, the red mangrove, Lumnitzera littorea, bursts into clusters of tiny, brilliant red ...
Pepite River is the smallest of 4 rivers that empty into the Baie du Carenage in Prony. It is a "cute...
Pepite River is the smallest of 4 rivers that empty into the Baie du Carenage in Prony. It is a "cute...
Pepite River is the smallest of 4 rivers that empty into the Baie du Carenage in Prony. It is a "cute...
Olivier and JF flew from Noumea to Baie du Prony in Olivier's helicopter. I had told JF I really woul...
Superyachts in New Caledonia, MY TangoMore and more superyachts have been migrating to the cruising g...
A village once stood here in 1880, part of a prison for convicts from France. The prisoners cut the t...
Une Nation du Pacifique Sud, la plus proche de l'Australie et de la Nouvelle Zélande. Une chaîne de hautes montagnes, d'impressionnantes cascades et de nombreuses rivières avec une flore et une faune variée et souvent unique au monde - C'est le paradis de la randonnée pédestre ou équestre ainsi que de l'excursion en véhicule tout-terrain.
Le plus grand lagon du monde, peuplé d'une faune tropicale endémique particulièrement riche, avec des récifs et des populations de poissons rares et protégées. Des centaines d'épaves sous-marines, des îlots, de nombreuses plages de sable blanc.
La population calédonienne est issue d'un large brassage culturel : Mélanésiens, Européens, Polynésiens, Vietnamiens, Chinois, Japonais, et la langue et culture française. La Nouvelle-Calédonie est dotée de très bonnes infrastructures médicales et sociales.
Une infrastructure touristique qui offre un large éventail de types d'hébergement allant de l'hôtel 5 étoiles au camping aménagé en passant par l'accueil en milieu tribal, les chambres d'hôtes, les refuges et l'auberge de jeunesse.