Mount Wilhelm

Mount Wilhelm
Enduwa Kombuglu' / Kombugl'o Dimbin
The granite peak of Mount Wilhelm
Highest point
Elevation4,509 m (14,793 ft)
Prominence2,969 m (9,741 ft)[1]
Ranked 97th
ListingCountry high point
Ultra
Seven Summits
Coordinates05°48′S 145°02′E / 5.800°S 145.033°E / -5.800; 145.033
Geography
Mount Wilhelm is located in Papua New Guinea
Mount Wilhelm
Mount Wilhelm
Location of Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea
LocationIntersection of Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang provinces in Papua New Guinea
Parent rangeBismarck Range
Climbing
First ascent15 August 1938 by Leigh Vial
Easiest routeRock scramble

Mount Wilhelm (German: Wilhelmsberg) is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4,509 metres (14,793 ft). It is part of the Bismarck Range and the peak is the point where three provinces, Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang, meet. The peak is also known as Enduwa Kombuglu, or Kombugl'o Dimbin, in the local Kuman language.[2]

The mountain is on the island of New Guinea, which incorporates Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian provinces of Papua. It is surpassed by Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m (16,024 ft), and several other peaks in Indonesian Papua.

Mount Wilhelm may be considered the highest mountain in Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand) according to present political boundaries of nation states, while Puncak Jaya contends for the same title based on physical geography.[3] A Seven Summits list thus sometimes includes Mount Wilhelm.

  1. ^ This prominence is from Papua New Guinea ultra-prominent peaks on peaklist.org. The prominence is sometimes given as 2,949 metres (9,675 ft) or 2,922 m (9,587 ft).
  2. ^ Nolan, Riall W. (1983). Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (1 ed.). Lonely Planet. ISBN 0-908086-41-5.
  3. ^ "Statistical Yearbook of Croatia, 2007" (PDF). dzs.hr. Retrieved 23 October 2017.