Puncak Jaya
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Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of 4,884 m, is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth, and the highest peak in Indonesia and within Oceania. Th
Summit of Puncak Jaya seen from a Helicopter (c. 2020)
Puncak Jaya region icecap, Papua
Puncak Jaya icecap 1936
Puncak Jaya icecap 1972
Seven Summits
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The Seven Summits are the highest mountains on each of the seven traditional continents. On 30 April 1985, Richard Bass became the first climber to reach the summit of all seven.
Puncak Jaya
…New Guinea (Mount Wilhelm), New Zealand (Aoraki / Mount Cook) and Australia (Mount Kosciuszko). Puncak Jaya is therefore often listed as one of the Seven Summits. However, since Puncak Jaya is in Western New Guinea, an area administered by Indonesia and therefore geopolitically part of Southeast Asia, the peak…
Mount Wilhelm
Mont Blanc summit
Chimborazo, the farthest peak from the center of Earth and probably the greatest of the North Andes Plate
Comparison of the highest peaks of each continents