Puncak Jaya

Puncak Jaya
Carstensz Pyramid / Nemangkawi Ninggok
Summit of Puncak Jaya seen from a Helicopter (c. 2020)
Highest point
Elevation4,884 m (16,024 ft)[1]
Prominence4,884 m (16,024 ft)
Ranked 9th
ListingSeven Summits
Eight Summits
Country highpoint
Ultra-prominent peak
Ribu
Coordinates04°04′44″S 137°9′30″E / 4.07889°S 137.15833°E / -4.07889; 137.15833
Geography
Puncak Jaya is located in Central Papua
Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya
Location in Central Papua
Puncak Jaya is located in Western New Guinea
Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya
Location in Western New Guinea
Puncak Jaya is located in New Guinea
Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya
Location in New Guinea
Puncak Jaya is located in Indonesia
Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya
Location in Indonesia
LocationCentral Papua, Indonesia
Parent rangeSudirman Range
Climbing
First ascent1936 by Colijn, Dozy, and Wissels
1962 by Harrer, Temple, Kippax, and Huizenga
Easiest routerock/snow/ice climb
Puncak Jaya region icecap, Papua

Puncak Jaya (Indonesian: [ˈpuntʃak ˈdʒaja]; literally "Glorious Peak", Amungme: Nemangkawi Ninggok)[2] or Carstensz Pyramid (/ˈkɑːrstəns/, Indonesian: Piramida Carstensz, Dutch: Carstenszpiramide) on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of 4,884 m (16,024 ft), is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth, and the highest peak in Indonesia. As the western half of New Guinea is politically associated with Southeast Asia (on account of being presently controlled by Indonesia), Puncak Jaya can be considered the 8th highest mountain of this region. However, as the whole island of New Guinea is biogeographically part of the Australian continent, the peak can also be considered the highest of all Oceania, and thus one of the Seven Summits.

The mountain is located in the Sudirman Range of the highlands of Mimika Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia. Puncak Jaya is ranked 5th in the world by topographic isolation.

The massive, open cut Grasberg gold and copper mine, the world's second-largest gold mine, is four kilometres (2+12 miles) west of Puncak Jaya.

Other summits are East Carstensz Peak (4,808 m [15,774 ft]), Sumantri (4,870 m [15,980 ft]) and Ngga Pulu (4,863 m [15,955 ft]). Other names include Nemangkawi in the Amungkal language, Carstensz Toppen and Gunung Soekarno.[3] It is also the highest point between the Himalayas and the Andes.

  1. ^ The elevation given here was determined by the 1971–73 Australian Universities' Expedition and is supported by the Seven Summits authorities and modern high resolution radar data. An older but still often quoted elevation of 5,030 metres (16,503 ft) is obsolete.
  2. ^ Müller, Kal (2008). Amungme : tradition and change in the highlands of Papua. Freeport Indonesia. OCLC 316516243.
  3. ^ Greater Atlas of the World, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1986.

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