Weyland Mountains Explained

Weyland Mountains
Other Name:Pegunungan Kobowre, Pegunungan Robooere
Photo Size:200px
Map:Indonesia Western New Guinea
Elevation M:3891
Elevation Ft:12765
Native Name:-->
Location:New Guinea
Country:Indonesia
Region Type:Province
Region:Dogiyai Regency, Central Papua
District Type:Dogiyai Regency
Settlement Type:Use settlement_type= instead of city_type= (deprecated).
Embedded:
Weyland Mountains Nature Reserve
Alt Name:Pegunungan Wayland Nature Reserve
Iucn Category:Ia
Iucn Ref:[1]
Relief:yes
Area Km2:2230.0
Designation:Nature reserve
Governing Body:Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Papua

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[2] 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.[3]

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 km2.[1] Enarotali Nature Reserve covers the eastern end of the range.

Notes and References

  1. UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Pegunungan Wayland from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. 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
  3. https://www.papua-insects.nl/about%20Papua/Weyland/Weyland%20Mts.htm Kobowre Mountains (Weyland Mountains)