Puncak Mandala
| Puncak Mandala | |
|---|---|
| Julianatop | |
Puncak Mandala from northwest
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 4,760 m (15,620 ft) |
| Prominence | 2,760 m (9,060 ft) |
| Listing |
Seven Second Summits Ultra Ribu |
| Coordinates | 4°42′31″S 140°17′21″E / 4.70861°S 140.28917°ECoordinates: 4°42′31″S 140°17′21″E / 4.70861°S 140.28917°E |
| Geography | |
| Parent range | Jayawijaya (Orange) Range |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 9 September 1959 by Herman Verstappen, Arthur Escher, Max Tissing, Jan de Wijn & Piet ter Laag |
Puncak Mandala (until 1963 Julianatop or Juliana Peak) is a mountain located in Papua, Indonesia. At 4,760 metres (15,617 ft), it is the highest point of the Jayawijaya (Orange) Range. Following Mount Carstensz (4884 m) 350 km to the west, Mandala is the second highest freestanding mountain of Oceania, Australasia, New Guinea and Indonesia.
Mandala is one of the three high massifs of Western New Guinea, together with the Cartstensz and Trikora complexes. This peak used to have an ice cap, but it was last seen in 1989 and by 2003 it was totally gone. Based on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, this peak is likely higher than Puncak Trikora, which lost its icecap in about 1960.
Climbers from the Dutch 1959 expedition to the Star Mountains the reached the peak of Puncak Mandala on 9 September.
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