Voco Point | |
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Suburb | |
 Panoramic photo of Voco Point Lae facing north, yacht club, Mount Lunaman and Lutheran Shipping in center of photo | |
  Voco Point Location in Lae | |
| Coordinates: 6°44′20″S 147°0′11″E / 6.73889°S 147.00306°E | |
| Country |  Papua New Guinea |
| Province | Morobe |
| District | Lae |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
Voco Point is a suburb of Lae in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Voco Point is one of the busiest coastal trading points in the country and coastal vessels from throughout the country, from Alotau to Manus, from Lihir to Vanimo line up at the wharves. The passenger boats ferry people to Finschhafen, the Siassi islands, Kimbe, Rabaul, New Ireland, Oro Bay, Alotau, Madang, and Wewak.[1][2] The local Lae villages call the area around Voco Point Asiawi, which according to mythology, used to be a long point that went out much further but was eaten by the evil spirit Yaayaa.[3]
- ^ Nalu, Malum. "What's in a name? - Voco Point". Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ PNGBD. "Forum". Retrieved 9 February 2014.
- ^ Papua New Guinea Yearbook. The National & Cassowary. 2003.