Hansemann Mountains

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Hansemann Mountains
Hansemannberg (former name)
Hansemannberg, German New Guinea, drawing by Otto Finsch

Hansemannberg, German New Guinea , drawing by Otto Finsch

height 364  m
location Papua New Guinea ( Madang Province )
Coordinates 5 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 145 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 5 ° 13 ′ 0 ″  S , 145 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Hansemann Mountains (Papua New Guinea)
Hansemann Mountains

The Hansemann Mountains are a mountain range in Papua New Guinea that was named after Adolph von Hansemann during the German colonial era . The mountain range is located in Madang Province near the capital Madang on the northwest side of Astrolabe Bay .

literature

  • Otto Finsch: Samoa trips. Travels in Kaiser Wilhelms-Land and English New Guinea in 1884 a. 1885 on board the German steamer "Samoa". Ferdinand Hirt & Son. Leipzig. 1888. page 100.
  • Keyword: Hansemannberg. In: Heinrich Schnee (Ed.): German Colonial Lexicon. Quelle & Meyer, Leipzig 1920, Volume II, p. 40 ( online ).