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Puncak Jaya

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Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid 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 and within Oceania. 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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Highest Elevation (m)
4884 1
Latitude
4.078889 degrees south 1
Longitude
137.158333 degrees east 1
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Shaped By

Orogeny, Physical Processes
Source Puncak Jaya (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Puncak Jaya (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    with an elevation of 4,884 m (16,024 ft)
  • Infobox wikitext, coordinates parameter
    04°04′44″S 137°9′30″E
  • Shaped By: Orogeny, Geology section
    Puncak Jaya is the highest point on the Central Range, which was created in the late Miocene Melanesian orogeny, caused by an oblique collision between the Australian and Pacific plates
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Wikidata: Puncak Jaya
Wikidata Q1045888, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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