The entrance to Bonetta Cemetery at Comfortless Cove where many of the crew of HMS Bonetta were laid to rest in the 19th Century
The entrance to Bonetta Cemetery at Comfortless Cove where many of the crew of HMS Bonetta were laid to rest in the 19th Century. A ship arriving here with fever would be dispatched to Comfortless Cove and it was used in this manner for at least 30 years, possibly longer, although it is probable that the cove had ceased to be used for this purpose regularly by 1899, when the submarine cables were dragged ashore here. The main graveyard, the Bonetta Cemetery, behind the main beach, is strangely peaceful, and even when the seas are rough, no sound of the sea penetrates the small hollow.
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Location: Confortless Cove, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean
Photo credit: © Robert Kennett / Alamy / Afripics
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