Mount Wilhelm
| Mount Wilhelm | ||
|---|---|---|
 Mount Wilhelm |
||
| height | 4509 m | |
| location | Papua New Guinea ( Simbu , Western Highlands and Madang provinces ) | |
| Mountains | Bismarck Mountains | |
| Dominance | 537 km → Puncak Mandala | |
| Notch height | 2969 m | |
| Coordinates | 5 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 145 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ E | |
|
||
| First ascent | August 1938 by L. G. Vial and 2 Papua New Guineans | |
| particularities | Highest mountain in Papua New Guinea | |
The Mount Wilhelm (dt .: Wilhelmsberg ) with a height of 4509 meters the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea . It is part of the Bismarck Mountains .
The provinces of Simbu , Jiwaka and Madang border each other here.
The mountain is one of the highest on the island of New Guinea .
Mount Wilhelm got its name in 1888 when the German journalist and explorer Hugo Zöller climbed the Finisterre Mountains southeast of Madang and climbed the four highest mountains of the Bismarck Mountains after Chancellor Otto Fürst von Bismarck and his three children, Marie von Bismarck-Schönhausen, Herbert von Bismarck and Wilhelm von Bismarck , Ottoberg, Mariaberg, Herbertberg and Wilhelmsberg named.
In August 1938, Leigh Grant Vial, a government official, and two residents of Papua New Guinea were the first recorded climbers of the mountain.
During the Second World War , an American F-7A aircraft crashed on the mountain on May 22, 1944 .
Rockclimbing
Two ways lead to the top. The more popular one is the relatively easy route from the village of Keglsugl on the Kundiawa road in Simbu province . A second, more difficult trail begins in the village of Ambullua in Jiwaka Province . The best season to climb Mount Wilhelm is from May to November.
Web links
- Mount Wilhelm at Peakware (English)
- F7-A "Under Exposed" on Pacific Wrecks (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ This prominence is from Papua New Guinea ultra-prominent peaks on peaklist.org (eng)
- ↑ Bill Gammage Vial, Leigh Grant (1909-1943) Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online Edition Volume 16, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp. 449-450