Category:Finschhafen

**Finschhafen**
	settlement in New Guinea Carte de Finschafen en 1884-85
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Instance of	human settlement; administrative centre (German New Guinea Company);
Location	Morobe Province, PNG
Inception	1885;
Population	1,240 (2013);
	6° 36′ 00″ S, 147° 51′ 00″ E
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English: Finschhafen (sometimes Finsch-Hafen, Finschafen, Finschaven or Finschaffen) is a town in Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. It was named after the german explorer Otto Finsch, who discovered the natural harbor in 1884 (Finschhafen = Finsch's harbour).

Deutsch: Finschhafen ist eine Stadt in der Madang-Provinz in Papua-Neuguinea. Sie wurde nach dem deutschen Entdecker Otto Finsch benannt, der 1884 den Naturhafen entdeckte.

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The following 26 files are in this category, out of 26 total.

Australian 2-2nd MG Battalion troops at Scarlet Beach October 1943 (AWM photo 059578).jpg 437 × 586; 120 KB
Capture of Finschhafen map (Miller).jpg 600 × 1,472; 212 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1886) b 192 1.jpg 737 × 685; 71 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1886) b 193.jpg 1,805 × 1,123; 367 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1886) b 194 1.jpg 664 × 917; 105 KB
Die Gartenlaube (1886) b 194 2.jpg 702 × 965; 96 KB
Dreger Harbour.png 617 × 422; 466 KB
Finschaffen airstrip Circa 1969 - panoramio.jpg 6,270 × 4,205; 1.54 MB
Finschhafen area September 1943 (AWM photo 059763).jpg 640 × 481; 196 KB
Finschhafen.jpg 592 × 934; 157 KB
From the Bumi to Finschhafen.jpg 1,003 × 1,109; 491 KB
Gunners at Finschhafen 057836.JPG 640 × 489; 215 KB
Human supply chain 058093.JPG 639 × 491; 228 KB
Japanese bunker at Finschhafen 058109.JPG 640 × 493; 228 KB
Map of Finschhafen - Papua New Guinea - 1884 - 1885.jpg 442 × 676; 70 KB
Matilda (AWM 016100).jpg 640 × 473; 146 KB
Moru in Finschhafen 1884-1885.jpg 552 × 376; 207 KB
Operations in Finschhafen Area.jpg 1,945 × 2,787; 1.26 MB
SC 190559 - 2 1 2 Ducks leaving the shore to load onto their mother ship as Allied forces gather at Finschafen, New Guinea, for a new assault on Jap-held territory. 20 April, 1944. (49854959162).jpg 4,000 × 3,135; 1.21 MB
StateLibQld 1 64155 Australian servicemen swimming in the ocean at Scarlet Beach, Finschafen, Dutch New Guinea.jpg 1,000 × 572; 33 KB
Transport company stack stores near Scarlet Beach.jpg 300 × 407; 74 KB
USS Harmon (DE-678) at Langemak Bay, New Guinea, 31 March 1944 (80-G-230056).jpg 5,652 × 4,243; 9.21 MB
USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) loading a P-47D Thunderbolt at Finschhafen on 15 July 1944.jpg 1,163 × 1,572; 892 KB
View of Dreger Harbour, New Guinea, on 3 April 1944 (AWM 071961).JPG 847 × 633; 266 KB
Wrecked Japanese barges at Scarlet Beach 1.jpg 450 × 296; 53 KB
Wrecked Japanses barges at Scarlet Beach 2.jpg 300 × 308; 37 KB

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