Puncak Jaya

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Puncak Jaya is the highest mountain in Oceania, located in the Sudirman Range of Papua, Indonesia, and is one of the Seven Summits.

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Puncak Jaya canonical 10
Carstensz Pyramid 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Seven Summits peak
mountain
summit
ultra-prominent peak
accessRestrictedBy mining operations
alsoKnownAs Puncak Jaya
surface form: Carstensz Pyramid

Puncak Soekarno
climateZone equatorial high-mountain climate
climbingCategory technical rock climb
country Indonesia
elevation 16024 ft
4884 m
firstAscentBy Albert Huizenga
Heinrich Harrer
Philip Temple
Russell Kippax
firstAscentYear 1962
firstEuropeanSightedBy Jan Carstenszoon
firstEuropeanSightingYear 1623
geologicalType limestone mountain
hasGlacier Carstensz Glacier
remaining small equatorial glaciers (rapidly retreating)
isHighestPointOf Indonesia
Maoke Mountains
New Guinea
Oceania
Sudirman Range
isNotableFor being the highest island peak in the world
rapid glacier retreat due to climate change
isPartOfList Seven Summits
Volcanic Seven Summits (alternative definition debates)
latitude approximately 4.08°S
locatedIn Papua
Sudirman Range
locatedOnContinent Oceania
locatedOnIsland New Guinea
longitude approximately 137.16°E
mountainRange Sudirman Range
namedBy Jan Carstenszoon
nearbyMine Grasberg mine
nearestMajorTown Timika
partOf Maoke Mountains
prominence 16024 ft
4884 m
protectedArea Lorentz National Park
region Central Papua
topographicIsolation 3756 km
typicalClimbingRoute Carstensz Pyramid normal route

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Guinea hasHighestPoint Puncak Jaya
Seven Summits hasPart Puncak Jaya
Puncak Jaya alsoKnownAs Puncak Jaya
this entity surface form: Carstensz Pyramid
Central Range contains Puncak Jaya
Central Range highestPoint Puncak Jaya
Central Cordillera hasHighestPoint Puncak Jaya
Messner definition of Oceania highestSummitAlsoKnownAs Puncak Jaya
this entity surface form: Carstensz Pyramid
Richard Bass climbed Puncak Jaya