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Indonesian:
Pegunungan Jayawijaya, or Pegunungan Djajawidjaja
Formerly:
Orange Range
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Jayawijaya Mountains

mountains, Indonesia
Also known as: Orange Range, Pegunungan Djajawidjaja, Pegunungan Jayawijaya(Show More)

Jayawijaya Mountains, eastern section of the Maoke Mountains, part of the central highlands of the island of New Guinea. Located in the Indonesian province of Papua, the range extends for 230 miles (370 km) east of the Sudirman Range to the Star Mountains and the border with Papua New Guinea. The range’s highest point is Trikora Peak (formerly Wilhelmina Peak; 15,580 feet [4,750 metres]).

This article was most recently revised and updated by Virginia Gorlinski.
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