Carstensz Pyramid Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
| Carstensz Pyramid | ||
|---|---|---|
Carstensz Pyramid/Puncak Jayadikesuma | ||
| Elevation: | 5,030 metre/16,502 feet (Summit of Jayadikesuma);4,884 metre/16,022 feet (Ngga Pulu) | |
| Latitude: | 4° 5′ S | |
| Longitude: | 137° 11′ E | |
| Location: | Papua Province, Indonesia | |
| Range: | Sudirman Range | |
| First ascent: | 1962 by Heinrich Harrer and 3 others | |
| Easiest route: | rock/snow/ice climb | |
Carstensz Pyramid is the traditional name among mountaineers of Puncak Jaya, the highest mountain in Oceania. Its also second highest mountain in Southeast Asia, behind Hkakabo Razi in Myanmar. Jan Carstensz was the name of the Dutch explorer who first reported it to Europeans; Puncak means peak, and Jaya means victory.) It is located in what is variously called the Sudirman Range or the Dugunduguoo, in western central highlands ofPapua, the Indonesian-controlled western half of the island of New Guinea.
Formerly Puntjak Soekarno (Simplified Indonesian: Puncak Sukarno) means Peak of Sukarno (1st President of Indonesia), the 16,502 feet (5,030 metre)Puncak Jaya/Summit of Carstensz Pyramid is the highest in the Pacific after Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea in Hawaii, also the highest island peak in the world.
Carstensz is a peak on the more demanding of the two principal Seven Summits peak-bagging lists. It is held to have the highest technical rating (but not the greatest physical demands) of that list's ascents. Although the snowfield of Puncak Jaya was reached as early as 1909 by a Dutch explorer, Hendrik A. Lorentz, the peak was not climbed until 1962, by an expedition led by an Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer with three of his friends. They are Temple, Kippaz and Huizenga.
During the 1990s, separatist guerrilla violence erupted in the province between local groups and the Indonesian military. Due to the deteriorating political situation, the Indonesian government closed off the mountain to public access in November 1995. Access now requires a government permit, which always requires a lengthy wait and will be denied if political conditions are not conducive to having foreigners in the jungle.
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