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Bootless Bay Battery (Stokes Ridge)

Second World War (1939-1945)

Port Moresby

Papua New Guinea National Capital District Port Moresby

Bootless Bay Battery (Stokes Ridge) #1

This Australian 155mm coastal battery was moved to Drysdale Ridge in 1943. The gun emplacements are still visible.

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Text: Kaj Metz
Photos: TracesOfWar.com
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Where is it?

-9.515099, 147.213224

Nearby

Museum

National Museum and Art Gallery (PNG War Museum) - Port Moresby: 10.3 km

Point of interest

Horse Camp - Port Moresby: 3.6 km
Kila Kila Airfield (3 Mile Drome) - Port Moresby: 3.6 km
Location Military Hospital Koki (2 Mile) - Port Moresby: 6.2 km

Monument

Port Moresby Remembrance Park - Port Moresby: 6.7 km
Jackson Wing Memorial - Port Moresby: 7.0 km

Fortification

Bootless Bay Battery (Drysdale Ridge) - Port Moresby: 1.1 km
Morris Hill Gun Battery (3.7-inch Anti-aircraft) - Port Moresby: 4.5 km
Tuaguba Hill Gun Battery (Ack Ack Hill) - Port Moresby: 7.7 km

Ship wreck

Shipwreck SS Pruth (Moresby Wreck - Port Moresby: 5.2 km
Remains PBY Catalina A24-5 - Port Moresby: 8.5 km
Shipwreck MV MacDhui - Port Moresby: 10.2 km

Crash site

Crash Site A6M2 Model 21 Zero (Zero Hill) - Port Moresby: 4.3 km
Crash Site & Remains B-24D-30-CO "Joltin' Janie" 42-40065 - Port Moresby: 4.4 km
Crash Site & Remains A6M2 Model 21 Zero # 911 - Port Moresby: 4.4 km

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