Haymet Rocks

The Haymet Rocks (also Haymet Cliffs, English Haymet Rocks, also Haymet Reef ) were sighted in 1863 by Captain JE Haymet on the schooner Will Watch in the South Pacific at 27 ° 11 ' S, 160 ° 13' W. On the passage from Auckland to Rarotonga he drove between two rocks through which were less than 500 meters away from each other and from 2.10 to 2.40 m were under water. He rammed the northern rocks and damaged the hull. Since then, the Haymet Rocks have not been sighted again.

The Haymet Rocks could be a remnant of the Tuanaki archipelago.

Sightings of shoals within

On September 11, 1874, the French transport ship L' Orne crossed a below approximately 27 ° 42 ' S; 157 ° 44 'W Bank located at a water depth of approximately 30 m. At the same place in 1877 Captain Chambeyon by the French warship Le Curieux a depth of nearly 10 m.