List of mountains or elevations in Oceania
This is a list of the mountains and elevations in Oceania . The continent of Oceania comprises mainland Australia and the islands north and east of Australia on the continental shelf . The largest of these islands is New Guinea , and there are also the highest mountains in Oceania. Also included are New Zealand and Hawaii peaks .
For some peaks there are different height indications (see notes and sources). Many mountains in Oceania, especially volcanoes and isolated elevations on islands, cannot be assigned to mountains.
Name of the mountain | height | Mountains | Country | Remarks |
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Carstensz pyramid | 4884 m | Sudirman Mountains | Indonesia ( Papua Province ) | also Puncak Jaya (German: Siegesgipfel ) |
Sumantri | 4870 m | Sudirman Mountains | Indonesia (Papua Province) | also Soemantri Brodjonegoro |
Ngga Pulu | 4862 m | Sudirman Mountains | Indonesia (Papua Province) | With approx. 100 m of topographical prominence, is considered a secondary summit |
Puncak mandala | 4760 m | Maoke Mountains | Indonesia (Papua Province) | formerly Wilhelminatop |
Puncak Trikora | 4730 m | Maoke Mountains | Indonesia (Papua Province) | formerly Julianatop |
Ngga pilimsit | 4717 m | Sudirman Mountains | Indonesia (Papua Province) | formerly Idenburg Top |
Puncak Yamin | 4595 m | Maoke Mountains | Indonesia (Papua Province) | formerly Prins Hendrik Top |
Mount Wilhelm | 4509 m | Bismarck Mountains | Papua New Guinea | highest mountain in Papua New Guinea |
Mount Giluwe | 4368 m | - | Papua New Guinea | extinct shield volcano |
Mount Kubor | 4359 m | Papua New Guinea | ||
Mauna Kea | 4205 m | - | USA ( Hawaii ) | active volcano in Hawaii |
Mauna Loa | 4169 m | - | USA (Hawaii) | active volcano in Hawaii |
Mount Sarawaget | 4121 m | Papua New Guinea | ||
NN | 4120 m | Finisterre Mountains | Papua New Guinea | |
Mount Bangeta | 4107 m | Papua New Guinea | ||
Mount Kabangama | 4104 m | Papua New Guinea | ||
Mount Victoria | 4038 m | Owen Stanley Mountains | Papua New Guinea | |
Angemuk | 3949 m | Indonesia (Papua Province) | ||
Aoraki / Mount Cook | 3724 m | New Zealand Alps | New Zealand | highest mountain in New Zealand |
Pegunungan Kobowre | 3750 m | Indonesia (Papua Province) | ||
Suckling | 3676 m | Papua New Guinea | ||
Undundi-Wandandi | 3640 m | Indonesia (Papua Province) | ||
Deyjay | 3340 m | Indonesia (Papua Province) | ||
Mount Sefton | 3157 m | New Zealand Alps | New Zealand | |
Bird head (Mount Mebo) | 3100 m | Papua New Guinea | ||
Mount Aspiring | 3033 m | New Zealand Alps | New Zealand | highest mountain in New Zealand outside of the Mount Cook group |
Ruapehu | 2797 m | New Zealand | active volcano, highest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand | |
Mount Tutoko | 2723 m | New Zealand Alps | New Zealand | fifth highest mountain in New Zealand |
Mount Balbi | 2750 m | Papua New Guinea | Extinct volcano | |
Mount Popomanaseu | 2335 m | - | Solomon Islands | highest mountain in the island state of Solomon Islands |
Mont Orohena | 2241 m | - | French Polynesia ( Tahiti ) | highest mountain in Tahiti |
Mount Kosciuszko | 2228 m | Snowy Mountains | Australia | highest mountain on mainland Australia |
Mount Townsend | 2209 m | Snowy Mountains | Australia | |
Mount Twynam | 2195 m | Snowy Mountains | Australia | |
Mount Feathertop | 1922 m | Great dividing range | Australia | |
Mont Tabwemasana | 1879 m | - | Vanuatu | highest mountain in the island state of Vanuatu |
Silisili | 1858 m | - | Samoa | active volcano and highest mountain in the island state of Samoa |
Mount Veve | 1786 m | - | Solomon Islands | Extinct volcano |
Mont Panié | 1628 m | - | France ( New Caledonia ) | highest mountain in the New Caledonia archipelago |
Mount Ossa | 1617 m | Pelion Range | Australia | highest mountain on the island of Tasmania |
St Mary Peak | 1171 m | Flinders Ranges | Australia | |
Uluṟu (Ayers Rock) | 863 m | - | Australia | the most famous mountain in Australia |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eberhard Jurgalski (8000ers.com): The (Eleven) Seven Summits , accessed on March 3, 2015.
- ↑ a b Eberhard Jurgalski: Table of the Triple Seven Summits download as PDF , approx. 7 kB, accessed on March 2, 2015
- ↑ a b Chris Myagar: Peakbagger.com - Ngga Pulu (English), accessed on March 2, 2015
- ↑ cf. Series T401, US Army Map Service, Sheet SB54-1
- ↑ Peakbagger.com: Ngga Pilimsit, Indonesia. Prominence: 557 m, elevation: 4717 m , accessed March 8, 2015
- ↑ Map section: Puncak Yamin 4595m , accessed on March 4, 2015
- ↑ a b c d Aaron Maizlish (2004): Papua New Guinea: 31 ultra-prominence mountains , accessed on March 2, 2015 at peaklist.org.
- ↑ a b c d Jonathan de Ferranti and Aaron Maizlish (2005): Papua, Indonesia: 12 ultra-prominence mountains , accessed on peaklist.org on March 2, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d e f Aaron Maizlish (2004): Oceania ultra-prominence mountains , accessed on peaklist.org on March 2, 2015.