Huon Peninsula

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The location of a World War II campaign, rainforests, and coconut groves, Huon Peninsula is a mountainous landmass in central PAPUA NEW GUINEA shaped almost like a semicircle. It is north of the Huon Gulf, west of the Solomon Sea, and south of Vitiaz Strait. The peninsula is one of the easternmost extensions of New Guinea island. Some of Huon Peninsula's capes and points include Cape Cretin, Cape Gerhards, Kitumala Point, and Scharnhorst Point. Mount Bangeta stands 4,121 meters tall inland in Huon Peninsula's western area. The mountain is part of the Sarawaget Range, which stretches westward. Huon Peninsula is located in the northern part of Morobe province. Towns on and near the peninsula include Boana, Finschhafen (port city established by Germany), Lae, Pindiu, Sattleberg, Sialum, and Wasu.

In the Huon Peninsula campaign within Operation Postern (1943-44), allied Australian and American military forces teamed together to eschew the Japanese military away from the Vitiaz Strait and New Guinea island. These military activities resulted in an Allied victory.