Mount
Yamin (also Puncak Yamin or Prins Hendrik-top) is a peak found in
Highland Papua
Highland Papua ( id, Papua Pegunungan) is a province of Indonesia, which roughly follows the borders of Papuan customary region of Lano-Pago, shortened to La Pago. It covers an area of and had a population of 1,408,641 according to the official es ...
Province in the
Indonesia
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n part of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torr ...
. Rising to around 4,540 m (14,900 ft), it is the fourth highest freestanding mountain in Papua. The mountain was first climbed by an Indonesian party in 2018 as document in a YouTube video titled "WANADRI , EKSPEDISI PUNCAK YAMIN PAPUA 2018".
Glaciology
In 1913, Mount Yamin (or Prins Hendrik-top, now Puncak Yamin) was named and reported to have some "eternal" snow. However, this "snow" has disappeared since then.
See also
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List of highest mountains of New Guinea
This list of highest mountains of New Guinea shows all mountains on the island of New Guinea that are at least 3750 m high and have a topographic prominence of 500 m or more. These 50 peaks are also the highest mountains of Australasia ...
Sources
"Puncak Yamin" on Peakery.com
Mountains of Western New Guinea