West Northwall Firn
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Puncak Jaya and Sumantri.
Puncak Jaya
Peak
Puncak Jaya or Carstensz Pyramid on the island of New Guinea, 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 Oceania.
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
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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
- Type: Glacier
- Description: glacier in Indonesia
- Category: landform
- Location: Mimika Regency, Central Papua Province, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-4.0614° or 4° 3′ 41″ southLongitude
137.1739° or 137° 10′ 26″ eastOpen location code
6Q7VW5QF+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 507053930OpenStreetMap feature
natural=glacierWikidata ID
Q7986090
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Georgian to Japanese—“West Northwall Firn” goes by many names.
- Georgian: “დასავლეთი ნორთუოლის ფირნი”
- Indonesian: “West Northwall Firn”
- Japanese: “西ノースウォール・フィルン”
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