| Weyland Mountains | |||||||||||||||
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| Pegunungan Kobowre, Pegunungan Robooere | |||||||||||||||
 Map of regencies of Central Papua highlighting the Weyland Mountains | |||||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 3,891 m (12,766 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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  Weyland Mountainslocation of the Weyland Mountains in Western New Guinea
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| Location | New Guinea | ||||||||||||||
| Country | Indonesia | ||||||||||||||
| Province | Dogiyai Regency, Central Papua | ||||||||||||||
| Range coordinates | 3°51′31″S 135°50′20″E / 3.85861°S 135.83889°E / -3.85861; 135.83889 | ||||||||||||||
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The Weyland Mountains, also known as the Kobowre Mountains, are a mountain chain in Western New Guinea. The Weyland Mountains are the westernmost mountains in New Guinea's Central Range, which extends eastwards to the island's southeastern tip. Rising up to 3891 M, It is the highest point of Dogiyai Regency, Central Papua, Indonesia.
Geography
The Weyland Mountains include several high peaks reaching up to 3891 metres elevation. They are surrounded by lower-elevation areas. To the west, a low pass only 160 metres in elevation separates the Weylands from the highlands of the Bird's Neck Isthmus and New Guinea's western peninsulas. On the north and south, they descend to New Guinea's northern and southern lowlands. To the east, a valley containing the Paniai Lakes, Paniai, Tigi, and Tage, also known as the Wissel Lakes, separates the Weyland Mountains from the Snow Mountains, or Sudirman Mountains, further east.
The Weyland Mountains Nature Reserve, also known as Pegunungan Wayland Nature Reserve, protects the central portion of the range. It has an area of 2230.0 km. Enarotali Nature Reserve covers the eastern end of the range.
References
- ^ Kobowre Mountains (Weyland Mountains). Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Pegunungan Wayland from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ Diamond, J., Bishop, K. D., & Sneider, R. (2019). An avifaunal double suture zone at the Bird’s Neck Isthmus of New Guinea. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 131(3), 435–458. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27014163