Arfak Mountains
The Arfak Mountains is a mountain range found on the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia. The term "arfak" came from arfk, a term in the language of the coastal Biak people meaning "people who sleep over fire", to refer to how the Arfak warm their houses by putting hot ember below their Rumah Kaki Seribu.
- Mountain rising to 2,955 metres (9,695 feet)
- Description: mountain range in Indonesia
- Also known as“Arfak-gebergte”“Padangan Arfak”“Pegunungan Arfak”
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Latitude
-0.9532° or 0° 57′ 12″ south
Longitude
133.834° or 133° 50′ 2″ east
Open location code
6QFM2RWM+PJ
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Arfak Mountains” goes by many names.
Montes ArfakAsturian
Арфакскія горыBelarusian
muntanyes ArfakCatalan
Pegunungan ArfakCebuano
阿爾法克山脈Chinese
Arfacké horyCzech
ArfakCzech
ArfakgebergteDutch
جبال ارفاقEgyptian Arabic
Pegunungan ArfakIndonesian
Monti ArfakItalian
アルファク山Japanese
アルファク山脈Japanese
Crëps de ArfakLadin
Arfak MountainsPolish
Pegunungan ArfakPolish
АрфакRussian
Арфак (горы)Russian
Arfaško gorovjeSlovenian
Pegunungan arfakSundanese
ArfakbergenSwedish
Pegunungan ArfakSwedish
АрфакUkrainian
Monti ArfakVenetian
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