Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Jayawijaya Mountains, formerly known as the Orange Range, are the eastern mountain range of the Maoke Mountains in the central highlands region of the Indonesian part of New Guinea. The range extends for 370 kilometres (230 mi) east of the Sudirman Range to the Star Mountains. Its highest point is Puncak Mandala at 4,760 metres (15,617 ft).
Puncak Jaya region icecap, Papua Puncak Jaya (Indonesian: [ˈpuntʃak ˈdʒaja]; literally "Glorious Peak", Amungme: Nemangkawi Ninggok) [2] or Carstensz Pyramid (/ ˈ k ɑːr s t ən s /, Indonesian: Piramida Carstensz, Dutch: Carstenszpiramide) 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 ...
Puncak Jaya Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Central Papua.It is an inland highland regency, [2] lying directly east of Paniai Regency and west of Jayawijaya Regency and Tolikara Regency (including those new regencies which have subsequently been created within the former boundaries of those regencies). [3]
At 4,760 metres (15,617 ft), it is the highest point of the Jayawijaya (Orange) Range and is included in Seven Second Summits. Following Puncak Jaya /Mount Carstensz (4884 m) 350 km to the west, Mandala is the second-highest freestanding mountain in Oceania , Australasia , New Guinea , and Indonesia .
Many mountains in New Guinea are poorly surveyed and some major summits remain unnamed on maps. Even well measured mountains have conflicting heights on otherwise authoritative maps. For example, the highest point in Oceania, Carstensz Pyramid , was established to be 4,884 m (16,024 ft) in 1973 when an Australian survey expedition put a beacon ...
Rank Name Height Location 1 Hkakabo Razi [1]: 5,881 m (19,295 ft) Myanmar 2 Gamlang Razi [1]: 5,870 m (19,259 ft) Myanmar 3 Dindaw Razi [1]: 5,464 m (17,927 ft) Myanmar 4
Map of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania School Districts showing a part of Mount Union Area School District. The Mount Union Area School District is a public school district based in Mount Union, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 151 square miles. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 9,678.
Before the need for another campus complex, one high school served the entire district. The first high school of the district—originally called Pocono Mountain High School—Pocono Mountain East High School (PMEHS) is located in Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, along with Swiftwater Elementary Center (SEC), Swiftwater Intermediate School (SIS), and Pocono Mountain East Junior High School (PMEJHS).