Maoke Mountains

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The Maoke Mountains are a major mountain range in the central highlands of New Guinea, known for containing some of the highest peaks in Oceania and remnants of equatorial glaciers.

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Label Occurrences
Maoke Mountains canonical 9

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
biogeographicRealm Australasian realm ⓘ
climate tropical highland climate ⓘ
contains Carstensz Pyramid ⓘ
linked to: Puncak Jaya

Jayawijaya Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Jayawijaya Range

Puncak Jaya ⓘ
Puncak Mandala ⓘ
Puncak Trikora ⓘ
Snow Mountains ⓘ
Star Mountains ⓘ
Sudirman Range ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
countrySubdivision Indonesian New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: Dutch New Guinea
ecoregion New Guinea highland grasslands ⓘ
New Guinea montane forests ⓘ
geology tectonically active region ⓘ
glacierStatus rapidly retreating glaciers ⓘ
hasFeature alpine terrain ⓘ
equatorial glaciers remnants ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
hasHumanActivity mining near Puncak Jaya ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
highestPoint Puncak Jaya ⓘ
highestPointElevation 16024 feet ⓘ
4884 metres ⓘ
knownFor containing some of the highest peaks in Oceania ⓘ
hosting one of the few equatorial glacier systems ⓘ
locatedIn Central Highlands of New Guinea ⓘ
Indonesia ⓘ
New Guinea ⓘ
Western New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: western New Guinea
locatedOn island of New Guinea ⓘ
linked to: New Guinea
mountainSystem New Guinea Highlands ⓘ
nameLanguage Indonesian ⓘ
nameMeaning “Maoke” is derived from a local Papuan term ⓘ
notableGlacier Carstensz Glacier ⓘ
Meren Glacier (largely vanished) ⓘ
Northwall Firn (largely vanished) ⓘ
partOf Australasian mountain systems ⓘ
Central Range (New Guinea) ⓘ
New Guinea Highlands ⓘ
rangeOrientation east–west ⓘ
region Highland Papua Province ⓘ
Papua Province ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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

Puncak Jaya → partOf → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Puncak Jaya → isHighestPointOf → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Maoke Plate → namedAfter → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Papua → hasMountainRange → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Puncak Trikora → partOf → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Puncak Trikora → range → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Sudirman Range → mountainSystem → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Puncak Soekarno → partOf → Maoke Mountains ⓘ
Baliem Valley → mountainRange → Maoke Mountains ⓘ