Pocklington Reef is a coral reef and a mostly submerged atoll in the far southeast of Papua New Guinea. It is 162.4 km from the closest island, Loa Boloba, which is a tiny coral islet within the fringing reef near , the south east point of Rossel Island (Yela) in the Louisiade Archipelago, and belongs to Milne Bay province, Samarai-Murua District, Yaleyamba Rural Local Level Government Area. It is isolated from other reef systems by deep water and relatively pristine. Before Papua New Guinea achieved sovereignty in 1975 it was decided Pocklington Reef should be part of the new nation.