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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

CARSTENSZ PYRAMID
























Carstensz Pyramid is the highest mountain in Oceania and Australia. This is one project of the Seven Summit project (seven summits on seven tallest mounatins on seven Continets). Carstensz Pyramid is the eighth summit.

Carstensz Pyramid is located in West Papua. known as Irian Jaya in Indonesia until 2005. This is the second largest island of New Guinea is the world lies.  the Carstensz pyramid you can see the only eternal snow in Indonesia.


Puncak Jaya is a peak that become part of Barisan Sudirman contained in the province of Papua, Indonesia. Puncak Jaya has a height of 4884 m and the surrounding glaciers Carstenz there, the only tropical glaciers in Indonesia, which most likely will soon disappear due to global warming.


The peak was once named Poentjak Sukarno and is the highest mountain in Oceania. Puncak Jaya is one of the top seven of the world.








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