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Mount Victoria is the highest point in the Owen Stanley Ranges in Central Province, Papua New Guinea at 4,038 metres (13,248 ft). It lies approximately 75 km north-north-east of Port Moresby and can be seen on a clear day from the city. The Mountain was named in honour of the British Queen Victoria by Commander Charles B Yule. [2]
Owen Stanley Range was seen in 1849 by Captain Owen Stanley while surveying the south coast of Papua and named after him. The eastern extremity of the range is Mount Victoria, which was climbed by Sir William MacGregor in 1888, and it extends as far west as Mount Thynne and Lilley.
Mount Victory is an active volcano on the north east coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea with an approximate height of 1,884 metres (6,181 ft) to 1,891 metres (6,204 ft). [1] [2] It is bounded by the Ajova River. The mountain is a major andesite volcano, with the magma known for its high levels of Nickel and Chromium.
Mount Carstensz from the east in 1972. Left to right: North Wall Peaks, Ngga Pulu, Carstensz East, and Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid. Due to glacier melt, the rocky ridge of Jaya has surpassed Ngga Pulu as the highest summit of Oceania. Mount Wilhelm, highest peak of Papua New Guinea
The Central Cordillera, some peaks of which are capped with ice, consists of (from east to west): the Central Highlands and Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea including the Owen Stanley Range in the southeast, whose highest peak is Mount Victoria at 4,038 metres (13,248 feet), the Albert Victor Mountains, the Sir Arthur Gordon Range, and the Bismarck Range, [1] whose highest peak is Mount ...
Mount Albert Edward (Papua New Guinea) Mount Balbi; Mount Fubilan; Mount Hagen (volcano) Mount Victoria (Papua New Guinea) Mussau Island; Namatanai; Nissan Island; Nuakata Island; Oro Bay; Panguna; Popondetta; Ritter Island; Saint George's Channel (Papua New Guinea) Sakar Island; Salamaua; Sanaroa Island; Saruwaged Range; Schleinitz Range ...
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Mount Victoria (Papua New Guinea) Mount Victory (Papua New Guinea) Mount Vineuo; W. Mount Wilhelm; Y. Yelia (volcano) This page was last edited on 12 May 2017, at 18: ...