Mount Bosavi

Mount Bosavi
height	2507 m
location	Southern Highlands Province , Papua New Guinea
Coordinates	6 ° 35 '40 " S , 142 ° 51' 23" E Coordinates: 6 ° 35 '40 " S , 142 ° 51' 23" E
Type	Caldera
Last eruption	200,000 years ago

The Bosavi (Mount Bosavi) is a 2507 m high mountain in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the Great Papua Plateau and is part of the Kikori Basin . Bosavi is a heavily eroded volcanic cone with a caldera that opens to the south. The crater is about 4 km wide and 1 km deep. The extinct volcano rises 2000 m above the surrounding plain. Its last eruption occurred 200,000 years ago.

Mount Bosavi is home to a variety of unique animal species. An international expedition involving scientists from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington and a television crew from the BBC's Natural History Unit discovered more than 40 previously unknown species in 2009, including 16 frogs , three fish , a bat and a rat with the still unofficial one Name Bosavi wool rat, which probably belongs to the giant tree rats and is one of the largest rats in the world with a length of approx. 82 cm and a weight of approx. 1.5 kg.

Part of the mountain belongs to the Sulamesi Wildlife Management Area , which was established in 2006. It is part of the mixed cultural and natural heritage site Kikori Basin / Great Papua Plateau, which is intended for nomination for UNESCO World Heritage .

The people who live north of Mount Bosavi refer to themselves as Bosavi Kalu (people from Bosavi) and are divided into four culturally identical but linguistically different groups, the Kaluli , Ologo , Walulu and Wisesi . Together they are called Bosavi .

Web links

Commons : Mount Bosavi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Lost Land of the Volcano
Expedition New Guinea
Expeditions into the animal kingdom (1): Expedition New Guinea - Pythons and birds of paradise ( Memento from April 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Expeditions into the animal kingdom (2): Expedition New Guinea - fruit bats and jungle crocodiles ( Memento from April 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Expeditions into the animal kingdom (3): Expedition New Guinea - tree kangaroos and thermometer chickens ( Memento from April 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Steven Feld: Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression . University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1982, pp. 3-4.
↑ ^a ^b The Guardian - Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea
↑ BBC News - Giant rat found in 'lost volcano'
↑ Kikori River Basin / Great Papuan Plateau - UNESCO World Heritage Center . Retrieved September 9, 2009.

[Feld-1] A ^b Steven Feld: Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression . University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia 1982, pp. 3-4.

[guardian-2] The Guardian - Lost world of fanged frogs and giant rats discovered in Papua New Guinea

[3] BBC News - Giant rat found in 'lost volcano'

[4] Kikori River Basin / Great Papuan Plateau - UNESCO World Heritage Center . Retrieved September 9, 2009.