Bootless Inlet

{{Infobox body of water | name = Bootless Inlet | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name =  | image = | alt = | caption = | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry =  | location = | group = | coordinates ={{coord|9.504444|S|147.262778|E||display=it}} | type = | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment =  | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | date-built =  | engineer = | date-flooded =  | length =  | width =  | area =  | depth =  | max-depth =  | volume =  | residence_time = | salinity = | shore =  | elevation =  | temperature_high =  | temperature_low =  | frozen = | islands = Motupore Island, Loloata Island, Manunouha Island, and Bunamotu Island. | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities =  | pushpin_map = Papua New Guinea | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption =  | website = | reference = }} '''Bootless Inlet''' or '''Bootless Bay''' is a body of water in south-eastern Papua New Guinea, approximately {{Convert|20|km}} southeast of Port Moresby.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlYWAQAAIAAJ&q=motupore+island|title=The marine life of Bootless Bay, Papua New Guinea|last1=Baine|first1=Mark|last2=Harasti|first2=David|date=2007|publisher=Motupore Island Research Centre, School of Natural and Physical Science, University of Papua New Guinea|isbn=9789980848154|language=en}}</ref> There are four islands in the bay: Motupore Island, Loloata Island, Manunouha Island, and Bunamotu Island. A barrier reef across the mouth of the inlet protects it from rough seas. Several small creeks empty into the bay, but no large rivers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Allen|first=Jim|title=The physical and cultural setting of Motupore Island, Central Province, Papua New Guinea|journal=Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association|language=en-US|volume=1|doi=10.7152/bippa.v1i0.11179|year=1979}}</ref> == History == During World War II, the Australian Army laid land mines along the shore of the inlet near Port Moresby, which later needed to be cleared by divers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.singletonargus.com.au/story/1571002/divers-have-strong-connections/|title=Divers have strong connections|last=Dann|first=Shannon|date=2013-06-14|website=The Singleton Argus|language=en|access-date=2019-02-04}}</ref> ==Flora and fauna == Numerous species of fish, shellfish, and turtles may be found in Bootless Bay, and historical evidence indicates that dugongs and crocodiles were once present as well.<ref name=":0" /> The islands within the bay are home to various species of reef corals and sponges.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1986|others=Professor Patricia Bergquist|title=Systematics and ecology of the sponges of Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea|url=https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/5966}}</ref>

In 1989, Motupore Island was proposed as an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Wildlife Management Area.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/iucndirectoryofp91pain|page=[https://archive.org/details/iucndirectoryofp91pain/page/207 207]|quote=motupore island.|title=IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania|date=1991|publisher=IUCN|isbn=9782831700694|language=en}}</ref> There is a University of Papua New Guinea research station on the island.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GEaQBnxgvoYC&q=motupore+island&pg=PT105|title=Workshop Report on the Environmental Implications of Global Change: 30 November - 1 December 1990|last=Assembly|first=International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources General|date=1992|publisher=IUCN|isbn=9782831700892|language=en}}</ref>

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== External links == * [http://www.pbase.com/fmanseau/plongefv Photos from Bootless Bay]

Category:Bodies of water of Papua New Guinea Category:Inlets of Oceania

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