Description
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.
History
First climbed by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer in 1962.
Local Culture
Inhabited by the Amungme people who hold the mountain as sacred ancestor origin.
Activities
- ✦ Glacier trekking
- ✦ High altitude mountaineering
Culinary
Sago breadWild boar
Documentary
Gallery