Buka Passage

Buka Passage is a narrow strait that separates Buka Island from the northern part of Bougainville Island, within the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of northeastern Papua New Guinea.

A number of shipwrecks are located in the passage.

Before the World War II, Irish missionary Patrick O'Reilly joined a religious mission to Buka Passage, and began collecting artefacts that helped to preserve Bougainville cultural history.

Today, Buka Airfield has become Bougainville's major airport, whereas Bonis Airfield has been disused since World War II.

This Autonomous Region of Bougainville geography article is a stub.

A 1943 aerial photograph of the Buka Passage between Bougainville Island (left) and Buka Island (right).