Mount Bosavi
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| Mount Bosavi | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2,505 metres (8,219 ft)[1] |
| Location | Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea |
| Prominence | 2000 m[citation needed] |
| Coordinates | |
Mount Bosavi is a mountain in the Southern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea. It is the collapsed cone of an extinct volcano on the Great Papuan Plateau, and part of the Kikori River basin.[2]
Part of the mountain is included in the Sulamesi Wildlife Management Area, established in 2006. It forms part of the proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site Kikori River Basin/Great Papuan Plateau.[3]
The people living just north of the mountain refer to themselves as Bosavi kalu (people of Bosavi), and divide into four culturally identical but linguistically marked groups, the Kaluli, Ologo, Walulu, and Wisesi. Collectively they are often referred to as Bosavi people.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ (2004-2005) Hammond World Travel Atlas. Union, N.J.: Hammond World Atlas Corporation, p. 243. ISBN 0843719826.
- ^ a b Feld, Steven (1982). Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 3-4.
- ^ Kikori River Basin / Great Papuan Plateau - UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
[edit] External links
- Satellite view from the European Space Agency
- WWF page of Libano and Sulamesi Wildlife Management Areas, including map
- WWF pictures from Mt. Bosavi and region
- Seacology Mt. Bosavi Rainforest Conservation Project Seacology
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