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Sudirman Range

Mountain range on New Guinea

Summary

Mountain range on New Guinea

Field	Value
name	Barisan Sudirman
other_name	Dugunduguoo
photo	Taman Nasional Lorentz.jpg
photo_size	300px
photo_caption	Sudirman range located at the western part of the Maoke Mountains
country	Indonesia
highest	Puncak Jaya
elevation_m	4884
highest_location	Indonesia
coordinates
length_km	320
map_image	Lorentz_National_Park_map-en.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	Puncak Jaya and its surroundings

The Sudirman Range, also known as the Snow Mountains, Dugunduguoo, or Nassau Range is a mountain range in Central Papua province, Indonesia. It is named after the first armed forces commander-in-chief and Indonesian national hero Sudirman. It is a western sub-range of the Maoke Mountains. The highest peak in Oceania and Australasia, Puncak Jaya (4,884 m), is located here, as are other significant peaks such as Sumantri (4,870 m), Ngga Pulu (4,863 m), and Carstensz East (4,820 m or 4,808 m).

Puncak Jaya in the center of the Sudirman Range

Geography

The Sudirman Range is located in the western part of Papua's Central Cordillera, separated from the mountains to the east by the Baliem Valley. Its mountains are of marine sediment origin and are the tallest peaks in the tropical Pacific.

The Sudirman Range is home to bird species such as Snow Mountain quail (Anurophasis monorthonyx), Snow Mountains robin (Petroica archboldi), orange-cheeked honeyeater (lichenostomus chrysogenys), and black-breasted mannikin (Lonchura teerinki). Mammal species endemic to the range include the white-toothed brush mouse (Coccymys albidens), mountain water rat (Baiyankamys habbema), dingiso (Dendrolagus mbaiso), alpine woolly rat (Mallomys gunung), and Arianus's rat (Rattus omichlodes).

The land of the Sudirman Range (particularly the space between Ilaga, Central Papua and Puncak Jaya) is sparsely populated, although the Dani people travel to the high mountains hunting birds and echidnas.

Challenges

The nearby Lorentz National Park is threatened by pollution from mining activity at the Grasberg copper and gold mine, operated by the Freeport company based out of the United States.

References

. (c. 2013). ["Sudirman Mountains (Snow Mountains)"](https://www.papua-insects.nl/about%20Papua/Snow%20Mts/Snow%20Mts.htm).
Gorlinski, Virginia. (2012). "Maoke Mountains".
(2007). "The Ecology of Papua: Part One". Tuttle Publishing.
Isherwood, Dick. (1973). "The Dugundugoo".

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