EXOTIC TOUR

Mount Jayawijaya. It is hardly to imagine sometimes that the tropics country like Indonesia has a snowy spot. More over the eternal snow one. Like this one, it is called Mount Jayawijaya.

Mount jayawijaya lies on 4862m sea level, in province of Papua. The height of the mountain top has made Mount Jayawijaya’ Top be eternally snow-capped.

Snowy Peak of Mount Jayawijaya

At first, Mount Jayawijaya is called Mount Top Sukarno ( Puncak Sukarno in Indonesian) .

Jayawijaya is one of the Sudirman’s Mountain Range ( Barisan Sudirman in Indonesian ), and is the second highest mount in South-East Asia, and has been one of World’s Premiere Seven Mount Top

Other Spelling for Mount Jayawijaya are :

• Ngga Pulu
• Mount Carstensz
• Carstensz Pyramid/Top Pyramid
• Carstensz Top/Mount Top
• Jayakesuma Top/Mount Top

Around Mount top of jayawijaya there are still another three next tops, namely Top Soemantri (4.855 M) ( Puncak Sumantri ), Top East Carstensz (East Carstensz, 4.775 M) and Middle Peak ( Puncak Tengah )

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2 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

1. 

   betchai
   November 15th, 2008 at 10:36 am #

   that is very pretty. yeah, at higher elevation, the air is cold and thin, which makes sense that even the tropics could have a snowy spot. thanks for sharing.

   hmm..which is why this mount considered as very special
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   Miguel
   November 28th, 2008 at 6:45 pm #

   Hi, you have a very interesting Blog, and Mount Jayawijaya looks very impresive, I don´t know Indonesia very much but it seems to have a lot of nice and interesting places to visit

   there are many beautiful places to visit here. I’m sure argentina too