# Haymet Rocks

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thumb|1924 map of Central Polynesia, with ''Haymet R<sup>cks</sup>'' and ''Orne B<sup>k</sup>'' (lower part, in the middle)

The '''Haymet Rocks''' were reported by J.E. Haymet, master and owner of the cutter ''Will Watch'', when on passage between [Auckland](/source/Auckland) and [Rarotonga](/source/Rarotonga); in 1863 the cutter passed between two rocks and struck on the northern of the two, damaging her [false keel](/source/false_keel). The rocks are said to extend over a space of about a quarter of a mile, to have been distinctly seen, and with apparently {{convert|7|or|8|ft|m}} of water over them. Haymet gave their position as {{coord|27|11|S|160|13|W|display=inline,title}}, which would place them about {{convert|135|mi|km}} west of the position assigned to [Orne Bank](/source/Orne_Bank).

These rocks were unsuccessfully searched for, in the position given, by HMS ''Satellite'' in 1886, and again by the French Government vessel ''Fabert'' in 1887; the latter vessel spent three days in the search under favourable circumstances of wind and weather, running over some {{convert|253|mi|km}} within a radius of from {{convert|20|to|25|mi|km}} of the position assigned, and with no result. A depth of {{convert|68|fathom|m}} to the rocky ocean floor was found by the ''Fabert'' at {{coord|24|7|S|158|33|W}}.

In December 1882, however, a Lloyd's agent at Rarotonga reported that the Haymet rocks were supposed to exist about {{convert|150|mi|km}} SSW of Rarotonga, and therefore right in the track of vessels bound from Auckland to that island, who always give this supposed position a wide berth. If this information is correct, these rocks are about {{convert|240|mi|km}} NNW of the position as given by Haymet and still shown on the charts.

It was suggested that the Haymet Rocks were a remnant of sunken island [Tuanaki](/source/Tuanaki).<ref>{{Citation | title=THE MYSTERY OF TUANAKI ISLAND | journal=[Pacific Islands Monthly](/source/Pacific_Islands_Monthly) | publication-date=1952-02-01 | volume=xxii | issue=7 | pages=104 | issn=0030-8722 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Coppell |first=W. G.  |date=1973 |title=About the Cook Islands. Their Nomenclature and a Systematic Statement of Early European contacts |url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/jso_0300-953x_1973_num_29_38_2410 |journal=Journal de la Société des océanistes |volume=29 |issue=38 |page=46 |doi=10.3406/jso.1973.2410 |access-date=2018-01-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Stommel |first=Henry |authorlink=Henry Stommel |title=Lost Islands: The Story of Islands That Have Vanished from Nautical Charts |publisher=University of British Columbia Press |location=Vancouver |year=1984 |isbn=0-7748-0210-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/lostislands00henr/page/60 60] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lostislands00henr/page/60 }}</ref>

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Category:Phantom islands
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