Messner definition of Oceania

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The Messner definition of Oceania is a continental model that treats Australia and Oceania as a single combined region for the purpose of defining and climbing the Seven Summits.

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Messner definition of Oceania canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Seven Summits definition
continental model
geographical definition
appliesTo Seven Summits
basisOfList Seven Summits
surface form: Messner Seven Summits list
category geographical concept
mountaineering concept
contrastedWith Bass definition of Oceania
defines Oceania as a continent for Seven Summits purposes
differsFrom Bass definition of Oceania in choice of continental high point
emphasizes tectonic and geographic Oceania over political Australia
focusesOn natural geographic boundaries rather than political borders
highestSummit Puncak Jaya
highestSummitAlsoKnownAs Puncak Jaya
surface form: Carstensz Pyramid
highestSummitElevationMetres 4884
includes Australia
New Guinea
locatedIn Indonesia
locatedOn island of New Guinea
namedAfter Reinhold Messner
partOfDebate which peaks constitute the Seven Summits
proposedBy Reinhold Messner
recognizesRegion Australasian realm
surface form: Australasia

Oceania
rejectsAsContinentalHighPoint Mount Kosciuszko
selectsAsContinentalHighPoint Puncak Jaya
timePeriodIntroduced 1980s
treatsAsSingleRegion Oceania
surface form: Australia and Oceania
usedBy many Seven Summits climbers
mountaineering literature
usedFor climbing challenge classification
defining the Seven Summits list

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Seven Summits usesContinentalModel Messner definition of Oceania