Watom Island is an inhabited island in the Bismarck Sea in Papua New Guinea, located just off the mainland of the northern coast of New Britain, near Rabaul. It lies to the northeast of Urara Island. The island is almost entirely forested except for a few scattered settlements. The highest point of the island is approaching 320 metres. Watom's Wall, a "classic wall dive well", located on the northern coast, is a notable diving location. [1]
During World War II, the island served as a Prisoner of War camp for British soldiers captured at Singapore. Only 17 were reported to have survived out of the original 300 out so incarcerated on the island by the end of the war.[2]