Matebian or Matebean is the third highest mountain in
Timor Leste
East Timor (), also known as Timor-Leste (), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is an island country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-wester ...
, after
Ramelau (Tatamailau).
Geography
The mountain is located in
Baucau District
Baucau (, ) is a municipality, and was formerly a district, of East Timor, on the northern coast in the eastern part of the country. The capital is also called Baucau (formerly Vila Salazar). The population of the municipality is 111,694 (c ...
. With an elevation of it is among the
ultra-prominent peaks of the
Malay archipelago
The Malay Archipelago (Indonesian/Malay: , tgl, Kapuluang Malay) is the archipelago between mainland Indochina and Australia. It has also been called the " Malay world," "Nusantara", "East Indies", Indo-Australian Archipelago, Spices Archipe ...
.
At the peak is a statue of
Christ
Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label=Hebrew/Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, names and titles), was ...
.
Around Baucau
, ''Lonely Planet''. Retrieved 2014-04-11.
Gallery
File:Mata_Bia_Massiv.jpg, Harvested rice fields of Matebian, Timor-Leste
File:View_across_the_Seical_River_to_Mt_Matebian_in_background,_Baucau_30_Apr_2004.jpg, View across the Seiçal River to Matebian Mountain, East Timor
File:Hatekematebian.jpg, Matebian, East Timor
References
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Mountains of East Timor
Two-thousanders of East Timor