Langemak Bay (original) (raw)
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Bay in New Guinea
Langemak Bay (German: Langemak Bucht), as recorded by A. Wegner, published by the German Reichs-Marine-Amt (1898).[1]
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. The US Navy built Naval Base Finschhafen in 1943.[2][3]
6°35′05″S 147°50′23″E / 6.58472°S 147.83972°E / -6.58472; 147.83972
- ^ Author: A. Wegner. Published by the Reichs-Marine-Amt. In Commission by Dietrich Reimer, Berlin, Wilhelm Str. 29, 1898 Link to the file on the Homepage of the National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Building the Navy's Bases, vol. 2 (part III, chapter 26)". US Navy.
- ^ "Pacific Wrecks". pacificwrecks.com.