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Puncak Mandala

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Elevation
  
4,760 m

Prominence
  
2,760 m

Mountain range
  
Jayawijaya Mountains

First ascent
  
9 September 1959

Province
  
Papua

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Listing
  
Seven Second Summits Ultra Ribu

Parent range
  
Jayawijaya (Orange) Range

First ascenders
  
Arthur Escher, Herman Verstappen, Jan de Wijn, Max Tissing, Piet ter Laag

Similar
  
Puncak Trikora, Ngga Pilimsit, Mount Rantekombola, Gunung Punggur, Gunung Seblat

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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.

Contents

Map of Puncak Mandala, Bakwalim Yub, Alemsom, Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Papua, Indonesia

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Geology

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.

Ascents

Climbers from the Dutch 1959 expedition to the Star Mountains the reached the peak of Puncak Mandala on 9 September.

References

Puncak Mandala Wikipedia