Buna Bay is a bay and port on the southeast coast of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

. An important shipping port, it was developed for the purpose of transporting agricultural products overseas. The Sangara

Sangara, Papua New Guinea

Sangara is a settlement in southeastern Papua New Guinea. It is located to the east of Kokoda.-History:During the Second World War the area saw fighting between the Japanese forces and the allies . Missionaries were once active in the area and a mission station was established in Sangara...

plantations of coffee, rubber and sugar were traditionally transported down to Buna Bay and sent overseas, particularly from the late 1920s.