Puncak Mandala

Puncak Mandala
Puncak Mandala
Location in Papua
Elevation 4,760 m (15,617 ft) [1]
Prominence 2,760 m (9,055 ft) [1]
Listing Seven Second Summits
Ultra
Ribu
Location
Location Papua Province, Indonesia
Climbing
First ascent 9 September 1959
by Herman Verstappen, Arthur Escher, Max Tissing, Jan de Wijn & Piet ter Laag [2]

Puncak Mandala (until 1963 Julianatop or Juliana Peak) (elevation 4760 meters), is a mountain located in Papua, Indonesia. Following Mount Carstensz (4884 m) 350 km to the east, Mandala is the second highest freestanding mountain of Oceania, Australasia, New Guinea and Indonesia.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Mountains of the Indonesian Archipelago" Peaklist.org. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  2. ^ Video report of first ascent (in Dutch)
  3. ^ List of highest mountains in Indonesia at the Gunung Baggingsite.
  4. ^ Puncak Mandala at Peakbagger.com

See also

Further reading

Asia

K2 (8,611 m/28,251 ft)
South America

Ojos del Salado (6,893 m/22,615 ft)
North America

Mount Logan (5,959 m/19,551 ft)
Africa

Mount Kenya (5,199 m/17,057 ft)
Europe
Dykh-Tau (5,205 m/17,077 ft)  •  or  Monte Rosa (4,634 m/15,203 ft)
Antarctica

Mount Tyree (4,852 m/15,919 ft)
Australia (Oceania)

Puncak Trikora (4,730 m/15,518 ft)  •  or  Mount Townsend (2,209 m/7,247 ft)