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Puncak
Jaya
(Indonesian:
[หpuntสak
หdสaja];
literally
Glorious
Peak)
or
Carstensz
Pyramid,
Mount
Jayawijaya
or
Mount
Carstensz
/หkษหrstษns/
on
the
island
of
New
Guinea,
with
an
elevation
of
4,884
m
(16,024
ft),
is
the
highest
mountain
in
Indonesia.
It
is
also
the
highest
mountain
peak
of
an
island
on
Earth,
the
highest
mountain
peak
on
the
continent
of
Australia-New
Guinea,
and
the
highest
mountain
peak
in
Oceania.
The
mountain
is
located
in
the
Sudirman
Range
of
the
western
central
highlands
of
Papua
Province,
Indonesia,
in
the
southwest
of
Puncak
Jaya
Regency.
The
massive,
open
cut
Grasberg
gold
and
copper
mine,
the
world's
second-largest
gold
mine,
is
4
km
(2.5
mi)
west
of
Puncak
Jaya.
Other
summits
are
East
Carstensz
Peak
(4,808
m
[15,774
ft]),
Sumantri
(4,870
m
[15,980
ft])
and
Ngga
Pulu
(4,863
m
[15,955
ft]).
Other
names
include
Nemangkawi
in
the
Amungkal
language,
Carstensz
Toppen
and
Gunung
Soekarno.
It
is
also
the
highest
point
between
the
Himalayas
and
the
Andes.
Some
sources
claim
Papua
New
Guinea's
Mount
Wilhelm,
4,509
m
(14,793
ft),
as
the
highest
mountain
peak
in
Oceania,
on
account
of
Indonesia
being
part
of
Asia
(Southeast
Asia).
Puncak
Jaya
is
one
of
the
more
demanding
climbs
in
one
version
of
the
Seven
Summits,
despite
having
the
lowest
elevation.
It
is
held
to
have
the
highest
technical
rating,
though
not
the
greatest
physical
demands
of
that
list's
ascents.
The
standard
route
to
climb
the
peak
from
its
base
camp
is
up
the
north
face
and
along
the
summit
ridge,
which
is
all
hard
rock
surface.
Despite
the
large
mine,
the
area
is
highly
inaccessible
to
hikers
and
the
general
public.
The
standard
route
to
access
base
camp
as
of
2013
is
to
fly
into
the
nearest
major
town
with
an
airport,
Timika,
and
then
take
a
small
aircraft
over
the
mountain
range
and
onto
an
unimproved
runway
at
one
of
the
local
villages
far
down
from
the
peak.
It
is
then
typically
a
five-day
hike
via
the
Jungle
route
to
the
base
camp
through
very
dense
rainforest
and
with
regular
rainfall,
making
the
approach
probably
the
"most
miserable"
of
the
Seven
Summits.
Rain
during
most
days
of
the
hike
inbound
and
out
are
not
uncommon.
Unlike
the
other
Seven
Summits,
if
one
sustains
an
injury
on
the
inbound
hike,
there
is
little
or
no
ability
to
get
rescued
via
helicopter.
Anyone
injured
must
evacuate
by
foot
over
very
difficult
and
slippery
terrain.
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