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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]
Wamena, also known as the District of Wamena, is a large town in the Western New Guinea region of Indonesia.It also serves as the seat of Jayawijaya Regency.It is the largest town in the province of Highland Papua, located in the Baliem Valley and had a population of 64,967 in the 2020 Census; [2] the official estimate in mid 2023 was 66,080. [1]
Jayawijaya Regency is one of the regencies (kabupaten) in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It occupies an area of 13,925.31 km 2 in the Baliem Valley, situated in the central highlands of the province. It had a population of 196,085 at the 2010 Census, [2] and 269,553 at the 2020 Census; [3] the official estimate as of mid-2023 was ...
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).
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 .
The largest city is Jayapura. In the late 1940s, territories of the Dutch East Indies became the independent country of Indonesia , except Western New Guinea. The Dutch retained sovereignty over Western New Guinea ( Dutch New Guinea ) until the New York Agreement on 15 August 1962, which granted the region to Indonesia.
Mount Ousley Public School is a Kindergarten to grade six primary school, located in Fairy Meadow, New South Wales. The school was established in 1959, commonly known as 'MOPS'. [ 1 ] In 2022, there were eight classes with 175 students in total, and 30 staff.