Central Cordillera

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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 8
Central Cordillera of New Guinea 1

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)

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Referenced by (9)

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