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Mount Wilhelm (German: Wilhelmsberg) is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4,509 metres (14,793 ft). It is part of the Bismarck Range and the peak is the point where three provinces, Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang, meet. The peak is also known as Enduwa Kombuglu, or Kombugl'o Dimbin, in the local Kuman language. [2]
Mount Wilhelm, highest peak of Papua New Guinea This list of highest mountains of New Guinea shows all mountains on the island of New Guinea that are at least 3,750 m (12,300 ft) high and have a topographic prominence of 500 m (1,600 ft) or more.
Kaiser-Wilhelmsland ("Emperor William's Land") formed part of German New Guinea (German: Deutsch-Neuguinea), the South Pacific protectorate of the German Empire.Named in honour of Wilhelm I, [1] who reigned as German Emperor (Kaiser) from 1871 to 1888, it included the northern part of present-day Papua New Guinea.
Mount Victoria (Papua New Guinea) Mount Victory (Papua New Guinea) Mount Vineuo; W. Mount Wilhelm; Y. Yelia (volcano)
Mount William Grant is the highest point in the Gamack Range of the Southern Alps, [4] and it is located 17 kilometres east of Mount Cook Village in the Canterbury Region of the South Island. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Jollie River.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than 300 people and over 1,100 houses were buried by a massive landslide that levelled a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea, local media reported on Saturday.
Owen Stanley Range was seen in 1849 by Captain Owen Stanley while surveying the south coast of Papua and named after him. The eastern extremity of the range is Mount Victoria, which was climbed by Sir William MacGregor in 1888, and it extends as far west as Mount Thynne and Lilley.
Prince William Belinda Jiao - WPA Pool/Getty Images Prince William isn’t above getting his hands dirty. The royal, 41, revealed that he takes good care of the family’s guinea pig during a ...