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Sokaneng Destination Guide

Discover Sokaneng in Papua New Guinea

Sokaneng in the region of Morobe is a place located in Papua New Guinea - some 198 mi or ( 319 km ) North of Port Moresby , the country's capital .

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Local time in Sokaneng is now 04:50 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Pacific/Port Moresby " with a UTC offset of 10 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Port Moresby, Mount Hagen, Madang, Lae, and Kwembung. When in this area, you might want to check out Port Moresby . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Sokaneng ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Finschhafen Airport

Finschhafen Airport is a general aviation airport in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.. It is located on the south-east tip of Huon Peninsula at Finschafen. A half mile inland, parallel to Schneider Harbor, with Dregerhaffen to the south-east. It has no scheduled commercial airline service.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -6.62 147.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces on Papua New Guinea, Airports in Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, USAAF Air Transport Command Airfields - Pacific

Finschhafen District

Finschhafen is a district on the northeast coast of the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea. It is named after the port town of the same name, Finschhafen. The port was discovered (for Europeans) in 1884 by the German researcher Otto Finsch. In 1885 the German colony of German New Guinea created a town on the site and named it after the discoverer (-hafen = -harbor).

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Located at -6.60 147.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Districts and LLGs of Morobe Province, Morobe Province

Langemak Bay

Langemak Bay (Langemark, Langemaak) is a bay north of Finschhafen, on the north east coast of Papua New Guinea. Langemak Bay saw extensive naval operations in World War II, including a landing beach at the western end of the bay for the embarkation of the 2/24th Australian Infantry Battalion.

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Located at -6.58 147.84 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Bays of Papua New Guinea

Bumi River

The Bumi River is a river located in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Located at -6.55 147.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Morobe Province, Rivers of Papua New Guinea

Mape River

The Mape River is a river located in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

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Located at -6.57 147.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Tags: Morobe Province, Rivers of Papua New Guinea