Finschhafen is a town 80 kilometers (50 mi) east of Lae on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea.

[2] Finschhafen was surveyed in 1884 by the German scientist and explorer Otto Finsch who gave his name to the town.

A malaria epidemic in 1891 caused the town to be abandoned by the German plantation owners and government officials.

Australian forces recaptured the town at the Battle of Sattelberg during the Huon Peninsula campaign on 2 October 1943.

Unlike many places in Papua New Guinea, Finschhafen and the southern part of Huon Peninsula experience a rainfall maximum during the south-east monsoon (low sun season) because the Huon mountains block the north-westerly winds during the high sun season.