Mount Arfak is the highest point in the province of West Papua. It is located on north-east side of the

Bird's Head Peninsula The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: ''Kepala Burung'', nl, Vogelkop) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai''), is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indonesian provinces ...

. It is a popular hiking area and is the highest peak of the

Arfak Mountains The Arfak Mountains is a mountain range found on the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia. The term "arfak" came from the language of the coastal Biak people, meaning "inferior." This is due to how big the mountains ar ...

. From the summit,

Manokwari Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital of the Indonesian province of West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status. It is also the administrative seat of Manokwari Regency. However, under pr ...

can be seen. The summit of Mt. Arfak is temperate and dry with very hot, dry summer temperatures that average below 95 °F (35 °C) and mild, humid winter temperatures that average above 38 °F (3 °C). During the winter months, the mountain's summit receives frost usually and sometimes can get to 33 °F (0 °C) every now and then. Sometimes snow can fall on the summit, but not every year. Average rain amount per year is about 45 inches (1150 mm). The mountain is part of the

Pegunungan Arfak Nature Reserve The Pegunungan Arfak Nature Reserve lies in the north-east corner of the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Indonesian province of West Papua (province), West Papua. It is located 25 km south of the provincial capital Manokwari. It spans from near ...

, a protected area that protects parts of the

Vogelkop montane rain forests The Vogelkop montane rain forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in western New Guinea. The ecoregion covers the mountains of western New Guinea's Bird's Head and Bomberai peninsulas. Geography The ecoregion includes the montane fores ...

ecoregion An ecoregion (ecological region) or ecozone (ecological zone) is an ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a bioregion, which in turn is smaller than a biogeographic realm. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of ...

. The mountain is also the highest point in the Manokwari metropolitan area.

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File:Pegunungan Arfak from Manokwari.jpg, View from the Doreri Bay near

. File:Arfak Mountains.jpg, Closer view of the peak on the north-west side. File:Pegunungan Arfak from the Cenderawasih Bay.jpg, View of Pegunungan Arfak from the

Cenderawasih Bay Cenderawasih Bay ( id, Teluk Cenderawasih, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay ( id, Teluk Sarera) and formerly Geelvink Bay ( nl, Geelvinkbaai), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guin ...

. File:Pegunungan Arfak from bay.jpg, View of the mountain from a rocky beach near Manokwari

References

* WWFbr>Bird Watching on Bird's Head
and the Threats to the Region Vogelkop Montane Rain Forests. Accessed 20 May 2011
Arfak Mountains
Accessed 2 March 2015 Mountains of Western New Guinea Landforms of West Papua (province) Two-thousanders of Asia {{WPapua-geo-stub

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