Meren Glacier
Meren Glacier is a glacier in Central Papua Province, Indonesia and has an elevation of 4,662 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sumantri and Ngga Pulu.
Sumantri
Peak
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Sumantri Peak is a sharp mountain in the western Sudirman Range. It rises 4,870 metres. The peak is approximately 2 km northeast of Carstensz Pyramid, the highest mountain of Oceania.
Ngga Pulu
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ngga Pulu is summit on the north rim of Mount Carstensz in the western part of the island of New Guinea rising 4,862 metres. Trigonometric measurements showed that Ngga Pulu was the highest mountain of New Guinea and also the highest summit of the Australia-New Guinea continent.
West Northwall Firn
Glacier
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The West Northwall Firn was a glacial body on Mount Carstensz in the Sudirman Range on the island of New Guinea in Central Papua province, Indonesia. The glacier was situated at an elevation of approximately 4,600 metres to 4,750 metres, centered a little over 3 kilometres northwest of Ngga Pulu and 5 kilometres of Puncak Jaya, the highest peak of Oceania.
Meren Glacier
- Type: Glacier with an elevation of 4,662 metres
- Category: landform
- Location: Central Papua Province, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-4.06583° or 4° 3′ 57″ southLongitude
137.18° or 137° 10′ 48″ eastElevation
4,662 metres (15,295 feet)Open location code
6Q7VW5MJ+M2GeoNames ID
9534269
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Meren Glacier” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Merengletscher”
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