Ngga Pulu

Ngga Pulu
The North Wall Firn glacier with Ngga Pulu (flat peak, right) and Sumantri (sharp peak, center).
Highest point
Elevation	4,862 m (15,951 ft)
Prominence	100 m (330 ft)[1]
Coordinates	4°3′59″S 137°11′16″E / 4.06639°S 137.18778°E / -4.06639; 137.18778
Geography
Ngga Pulu Central Papua, Indonesia Show map of Central Papua Ngga Pulu Ngga Pulu (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Parent range	Sudirman Range
Climbing
First ascent	5 December 1936 by Anton Colijn, Jean Jacques Dozy and Frits Wissel
Easiest route	rock/snow/ice climb

Ngga Pulu is summit on the north rim of Mount Carstensz in the western part of the island of New Guinea rising 4,862 metres (15,951 ft). Trigonometric measurements showed that Ngga Pulu was (and had been for many centuries before) the highest mountain of New Guinea and also the highest summit of the Australia-New Guinea continent. The elevation of Ngga Pulu in 1936 was about 4,907 m (16,099 ft), and it was the highest and most prominent peak between the Himalaya and the Andes. However, due to glacial melting, Ngga Pulu lost a high margin of elevation in the 20th century, being surpassed by Puncak Jaya. It is surrounded by one of Indonesia's only three glaciers, including the one on Puncak Trikora.