Jaya Wijaya Mountains Papua Of Indonesia

Jaya Wijaya Mountain (Pegunungan Jaya Wijaya di Propinsi Papua)

Jaya Wijaya mountain range located in the central part of Papua, precisely in the area Jayawijiya. The highest peak among others Puncak Trikora, Jaya, Yamin and Mandala. Dani, Yali, Ndunga and Ngalum inhabit this region. Jaya Wijaya is located at an altitude of 5.500 meters above sea level is the highest peak in Papua bahakan in Indonesia. At the peak can be found in the snow. To achieve this peak takes about 10 and 20 days. Castensz peak located on the north wall of this mountain, while below it is the New Zealand Pass, climbing the most dangerous areas and greatly feared the climbers.

Jayawijaya Mountains is the name for the mountain range that extends lengthwise in the center of the province of West Papua and Papua (Indonesia) to Papua New Guinea Newguinea on. Rows of Mountains which have some of the highest peak in Indonesia was formed by the removal of the sea floor thousands of years ago. Although located at an altitude of 4800 masl, fossilized sea shells, for example, can be seen in limestone and clastic rocks contained in Jayawijaya Mountains. Therefore, besides being a heaven for hikers, mountain paradise Jayawijaya also a world geological researchers.

Jayawijaya Mountains are also the only mountain and mountain in Indonesia, which has a peak covered with eternal snow. Although not all of the peak of the cluster Jayawijaya Mountains that has snow. Snow is owned by several peaks even at this time is lost due to weather changes globally.

According to geological theory, originally the world only have a continent named Pangea at 250 million years ago. Continent Pangaea split into two to form the continents Laurasia and Eurasian continents. Eurasian continent burst back into Gonwana continent that later would become the mainland of South America, Africa, India, and Australia.

Precipitation is very intensive in the continent of Australia, plus the occurrence of plate collision between the Indo-Pacific plate with the Indo-Australian on the seabed. Plate collision resulted in the island arc, which also became the forerunner of the islands and mountains in Papua.

As a result of the appointment process is ongoing, sedimentation and tectonic events along under the sea, within a period of millions of years to produce high mountains as you can see today. Evidence that the high mountains of New Guinea and its never been part of the deep seafloor can be seen from the fossil remains in rocks Jayawijaya.

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