Central Cordillera

E150897

The Central Cordillera is the vast, rugged mountain backbone of New Guinea, containing many of the island’s highest peaks and extensive highland regions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Central Cordillera canonical 9
Central Cordillera of New Guinea 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate ⓘ
contains Baliem Valley ⓘ
Bismarck Range ⓘ
Kubor Range ⓘ
Owen Stanley Range ⓘ
Star Mountains ⓘ
alpine grasslands ⓘ
glaciated peaks (historically) ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
elevation 4884 m ⓘ
extendsAcross central New Guinea ⓘ
eastern New Guinea ⓘ
western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: West Papua
geology orogenic belt ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity mining ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue deforestation in some areas ⓘ
glacier retreat ⓘ
hasFeature deep valleys ⓘ
extensive highland plateaus ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Puncak Jaya ⓘ
inhabitedBy various indigenous peoples ⓘ
isBackboneOf New Guinea ⓘ
knownFor high biodiversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
locatedIn Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Cordillera ⓘ
locatedOn New Guinea ⓘ
orientation roughly west–east ⓘ
orogeny collisional ⓘ
partOf New Guinea Highlands ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 (eastern section) ⓘ
UTC+9 (western section) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Guinea → hasMajorMountainRange → Central Cordillera ⓘ
Central Range → alternativeName → Central Cordillera ⓘ
Puncak Jaya → locatedIn → Central Cordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Cordillera
Star Mountains → locatedIn → Central Cordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Cordillera
Baliem Valley → locatedIn → Central Cordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Cordillera
Kubor Range → locatedIn → Central Cordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Cordillera
Bismarck Range → locatedIn → Central Cordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Cordillera
Owen Stanley Range → locatedIn → Central Cordillera ⓘ
subject linked to: Central Cordillera
Interior Highlands of New Guinea → highestPointLocatedIn → Central Cordillera of New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Central Cordillera
Puncak Mandala → partOf → Central Cordillera of New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Central Cordillera
Star Mountains → partOf → Central Cordillera of New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Central Cordillera
Kubor Range → partOf → Central Cordillera ⓘ
Sudirman Range → partOf → Central Cordillera of New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Central Cordillera
Central Papua → hasMountainRange → Central Cordillera of New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Central Cordillera