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Puncak Jaya region icecap, Papua Puncak Jaya (Indonesian: [ˈpuntʃak ˈdʒaja]; literally "Glorious Peak", Amungme: Nemangkawi Ninggok) [2] or Carstensz Pyramid (/ ˈ k ɑːr s t ən s /, Indonesian: Piramida Carstensz, Dutch: Carstenszpiramide) on the island of New Guinea, with an elevation of 4,884 m (16,024 ft), is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth, and the highest peak in ...
Mount Kosciuszko is considerably easier to climb, being a four-hour, grade 3 return walk from the nearest car park, [12] while Puncak Jaya is classed as a mountaineering expedition with technical climbing, an approach through dense jungle and the need to charter an aircraft.
Puncak Jaya: Puncak Jaya: 107. Mount Pulag: Cordillera Central, Luzon ... Weisshorn (4,507 m) / Its first ascent popularised mountain climbing culture Eiger
Although the south side of the mountain is occupied by a ski resort, the north side has no facilities at all and the climbers faced a difficult ice climb. [ 5 ] The core team summited the Vinson Massif , Antarctica (4,892 m) on December 13, 2010, becoming the first Indonesians to ever reach the peak. [ 6 ]
Another list is called "The Bass List", named after Richard Bass, the first mountaineer to complete his particular list of "Seven Summits" which omitted Puncak Jaya in Indonesia. This results in the list for the "Eight Summits", including both Puncak Jaya (also named Carstensz Pyramid or abbreviated as CP) and Mount Kosciuszko (abbreviated as K).
The normal route on the highest peak of the Messner list, Puncak Jaya, is technically difficult (UIAA grade V+). Of the various candidates for the second summit; Puncak Mandala is extremely challenging with respect to the approach route, which is arguably the more significant problem in climbing the New Guinea peaks. There have been perhaps ...
The highest point in Indonesia is Puncak Jaya, in Central Papua, at 4,884 metres (16,024 feet), which ranks the country as 28th by highest point [citation needed]. Several of the peaks in the list are unnamed, and are better known by the mountain range in which they are located:
Also known as Puncak Jaya, the Carstensz Pyramid is located in the team's home base country of Indonesia, and several Indonesian climbers had scaled it previously. With eight other climbers, the team successfully reached the Carstensz Pyramid (4,884 meters above sea level) on August 17, 2014.