Puncak Jaya

Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid on the island of , with an elevation of 4,884 m, is the highest mountain peak of an island on Earth, and the highest peak in Indonesia and within .
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 4,884 metres
  • Description: highest mountain in Oceania and the highest island peak in the world
  • Also known as: “Carstens Piramid”, “Carstens Pyramid”, “Carstensz”, “Carstensz Piramidi”, “Carstensz pyramid”, “Carstensz Pyramid”, “Carstensz Pyramida”, “Carstensz Pyramide”, “Carstensz Toppen”, “Carstensz-piramide”, “Carstensz-Piramido”, “Carstensz-Pyramid”, “Carstensz-pyramide”, “Carstenszi Püramiid”, “Carstenszin pyramidi”, “Carstenszova pyramida”, “Carstenszpyramide”, “Carstenszpyramiden”, “Carstenszspitze”, “Carstensztop”, “Carstenz Pyramid”, “Carstenzpiramide”, “Carstenzs Piramid”, “Carstenzs Pyramid”, “Carstes Piramid”, “Carstes Pyramid”, “Carstesz Piramid”, “Carstesz Pyramid”, “Carstez Piramid”, “Carstez Pyramid”, “Cartenz Pyramid”, “Djalaspitze”, “Gunung Carstensz”, “Gunung Sukarno”, “Jaya Kesuma”, “Jayakesuma”, “Karstens Piramid”, “Karstens Pyramid”, “Karstensz Piramid”, “Karstensz Pyramid”, “Karstenz Piramid”, “Karstenz Pyramid”, “Karstes Piramid”, “Karstes Pyramid”, “Karstesz Piramid”, “Karstesz Pyramid”, “Mont Jaya”, “Monte Carstensz”, “Mount Carstensz”, “Mount Jayakesumu”, “Nemangkawi”, “Peak Sukarno”, “Pic de la Victoire”, “Pic Jaya”, “Pic Sukarno”, “Piramid Carstensz”, “Piramida Carstensz”, “Piramida Carstensza”, “Piramide Carstensz”, “Pirámide Carstensz”, “Pirâmide carstensz”, “Piramide de Carstensz”, “Pirámide de Carstensz”, “Pirâmide de carstensz”, “Pirâmide de Carstensz”, “Piramide de Cartensz”, “Pirámide de Cartensz”, “Puncak Carstensz”, “Puncak Djaja”, “Puncak Jaia”, “Puncak Jaja”, “Puncak jaya”, “Puncak Jaya Kesuma”, “Puncak Jayadikesuma”, “Puncak Jayakesuma”, “Puncak Soekarno”, “Punjak Jaya”, “Puntiak Djaja”, “Puntjak Carstensz”, “Puntjak Djaja”, “Puntjak Jaya”, “Puntjak Karstens”, “Puntjak Soekarno”, “Puntjak Sukarno”, “Pyramide de Carstensz”, “Джая (гара)”, “Карстенс Ипирамидa”, “Карстенсова Пирамида”, “Карстэнс”, “Пирамида Карстенса”, “Пунчак Джая”, “Пунҽак Џаиа”, “Сукарна”, “Џаиа”, “קרסטנז פירמיד”, “ፑንካክ ጃያ”, “புஞ்சஃ ஜாயா”, “புஞ்சக் ஜாயா”, “การ์สเตินส์พีระมิด”, “푼착 자야”, “푼착자야”, “푼칵 자야”, “푼칵자야”, “カルステンツ・ピラミッド”, “ジャヤ山”, “ジャヤ峰”, “プンチャクジャヤ”, “卡兹登兹峰”, and “卡兹登兹金字塔”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sumantri and Ngga Pulu.

Peak
Peak is a sharp mountain in the western .

Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is summit on the north rim of Mount…

Glacier
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
The is found near the a sub-peak of Puncak Jaya, .

Puncak Jaya

Latitude
-4.07861° or 4° 4′ 43″ south
Longitude
137.15861° or 137° 9′ 31″ east
Elevation
4,884 metres (16,024 feet)
Open location code
6Q7VW5C5+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Yue Chinese—“Puncak Jaya” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: “Пунҽак-Џаиа”
  • Achinese: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Afrikaans: “Poensjak Djaia”
  • Amharic: “ፐንቻክ ጃያ”
  • Arabic: “بونتشاك جايا”
  • Asturian: “Jaya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Caya dağı”
  • Balinese: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Banjar: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Basque: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Batak Toba: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Belarusian: “Гара Джая”
  • Belarusian: “Джая”
  • Belarusian: “Пунчак-Джая”
  • Bengali: “পুঞ্চাক জায়া”
  • Betawi: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Bosnian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Breton: “Piramidenn Carstensz”
  • Bulgarian: “Джая”
  • Catalan: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Cebuano: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Central Kurdish: “پۆنچاک جایا”
  • Chinese: “查亞峰”
  • Croatian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Czech: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Danish: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Dutch: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بونتشاك جايا”
  • Esperanto: “Carstensz-piramido”
  • Esperanto: “Punĉak Ĝaja”
  • Esperanto: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Estonian: “Jaya”
  • Finnish: “Puncak Jaya”
  • French: “Puncak Jaya”
  • French: “Pyramide Carstensz”
  • Galician: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Georgian: “ჯაია”
  • German: “Carstensz-Pyramide”
  • German: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Greek: “Πούντσακ Τζάγια”
  • Hebrew: “פונצ’אק ג’איה”
  • Hebrew: “פונצאק גאיה”
  • Hindi: “पुंकाक जय”
  • Hindi: “पुंचाक जाया”
  • Hungarian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Indonesian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Indonesian: “Puncak Sukarno”
  • Italian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Japanese: “プンチャック・ジャヤ”
  • Javanese: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Kazakh: “Пунчак-Джая”
  • Korean: “푼착자야 산”
  • Korean: “푼착자야산”
  • Ladin: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Latvian: “Džaja”
  • Lithuanian: “Džaja”
  • Luxembourgish: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Macedonian: “Пунчак Џаја”
  • Madurese: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Malay: “Gunung Jaya”
  • Malay: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Malay: “ڤونچق جاي”
  • Malayalam: “പങ്കാക്ക് ജയ”
  • Minangkabau: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯაია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Norwegian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Persian: “پونچاک جایا”
  • Polish: “Jaya”
  • Portuguese: “Pirâmide Carstensz”
  • Romanian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Romansh: “Piramida da Carstensz”
  • Russian: “Джая”
  • Russian: “Пунчак-Джая”
  • Scots: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Serbian: “Пунчак Џаја”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Slovak: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Slovenian: “Puncak Džaja”
  • Slovenian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Spanish: “Jaya”
  • Sundanese: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Swahili: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Swedish: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Tamil: “புஞ்சா ஜாயா”
  • Tamil: “புன்சாக் ஜெயா”
  • Thai: “ปุนจักจายา”
  • Thai: “ยอดเขาปุนจะก์จายา”
  • Turkish: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Ukrainian: “Пунчак-Джая”
  • Urdu: “پنچاک جایا”
  • Venetian: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Vietnamese: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Welsh: “Puncak Jaya”
  • Western Panjabi: “پنچاک جایا”
  • Wu Chinese: “查亚峰”
  • Yue Chinese: “查亞峰”
  • “nena Nimankawi”
  • “Puncak Jaya”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Big Terrace and Yanggerenok.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: West Northwall Firn and Carstensz East.

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