Central Cordillera

E150897
geographical region mountain mountain range

The Central Cordillera is the vast, rugged mountain backbone of New Guinea, containing many of the island’s highest peaks and extensive highland regions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Cordillera canonical 8
Central Cordillera of New Guinea 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate ⓘ
contains Baliem Valley ⓘ
Bismarck Range ⓘ
Kubor Range ⓘ
Owen Stanley Range ⓘ
Star Mountains ⓘ
alpine grasslands ⓘ
glaciated peaks (historically) ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
elevation 4884 m ⓘ
extendsAcross central New Guinea ⓘ
eastern New Guinea ⓘ
West Papua ⓘ
surface form: western New Guinea
geology orogenic belt ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity mining ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation in some areas ⓘ
glacier retreat ⓘ
hasFeature deep valleys ⓘ
extensive highland plateaus ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Puncak Jaya ⓘ
inhabitedBy various indigenous peoples ⓘ
isBackboneOf New Guinea ⓘ
knownFor high biodiversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
locatedIn Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedOn New Guinea ⓘ
orientation roughly west–east ⓘ
orogeny collisional ⓘ
partOf Interior Highlands of New Guinea ⓘ
surface form: New Guinea Highlands
timeZone UTC+10 (eastern section) ⓘ
UTC+9 (western section) ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

New Guinea → hasMajorMountainRange → Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Range → alternativeName → Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Cordillera → locatedIn → Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Puncak Jaya
Central Cordillera → locatedIn → Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Star Mountains
Central Cordillera → locatedIn → Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Baliem Valley
Central Cordillera → locatedIn → Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kubor Range
Central Cordillera → locatedIn → Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Bismarck Range
Central Cordillera → locatedIn → Central Cordillera self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Owen Stanley Range
Interior Highlands of New Guinea → highestPointLocatedIn → Central Cordillera ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Cordillera of New Guinea