Ngga pilimsit
| Ngga pilimsit | ||
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| height | 4717 m | |
| location | Papua Province , Indonesia | |
| Mountains | Maoke Mountains | |
| Dominance | 12.03 km | |
| Notch height | 557 m | |
| Coordinates | 4 ° 2 '7 " S , 137 ° 3' 31" E | |
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| First ascent | February 1962 by Heinrich Harrer and Phil Temple | |
The Ngga Pilimsit (formerly Idenburg Top ) is a 4717 m high mountain in the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea ( Papua Province ), it is part of the Sudirman Range in the western Maoke Mountains .
geography
The Ngga Pilimsit is located about 12 kilometers northwest of the highest mountain in Oceania , the 4884 m high Carstensz pyramid . In the middle between the two mountains is the open pit of the Grasberg mine , the largest gold and copper mine in the world.
All of New Guinea's high mountains were glaciated until a few decades ago, and the glaciers on Ngga Pilimsit were completely thawed by 2003.
Alpinism
In 1962, shortly before the occupation of Western New Guinea by Indonesian troops, Heinrich Harrer organized a small international expedition to climb the Carstensz pyramid for the first time. Following this success (February 13, 1962), Harrer and the New Zealander Phil Temple climbed other mountains in the region, and they also managed the first ascent of Ngga Pilimsit without major difficulties. At the time, they considered this to be the second highest mountain in New Guinea. Today it is known that there are several higher peaks there; the Ngga Pilimsit is now considered the fifth highest mountain in New Guinea.
literature
- Heinrich Harrer: I come from the Stone Age. Eternal ice in the jungle of the South Seas (= Fischer pocket books 3506 Fischer expedition ). Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1978, ISBN 3-596-23506-5 .
Web links
- Ngga Pilimsit on Peakbagger.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrew G. Klein, Joni L. Kincaid: Retreat of glaciers on Puncak Jaya, Irian Jaya, determined from 2000 and 2002 IKONOS satellite images. In: Journal of Glaciology. Vol. 52, No. 176, 2006, pp. 65-79, doi : 10.3189 / 172756506781828818 .
- ↑ Greg Slayden (peakbagger.com): Table of the five highest mountains on the continents , retrieved from skyrunning.at ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on December 20, 2013
