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Jaya Peak
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Jaya or Djaja Peak (both: jä`yə), mountain peak in the Sudirman Mts., Papua prov., Indonesia, on W New Guinea, rising to 16,503 ft (5,031 m). It is the highest point on New Guinea and in Indonesia and the highest island mountain in the world. The peaks are snow-covered, but the lower slopes have lush tropical vegetation. It was formerly called Mt. Carstensz and Mt. Sukarno.

Jaya Peak

 Indonesian Puncak Jaya formerly Mount Sukarno

Peak, Papua (Irian Jaya) province, Indonesia. Located on New Guinea, the 16,500-ft (5,030-m) peak is the highest in the South Pacific and the tallest island peak in the world.



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If the team succeeds, they will have checked off two of the seven (or eight, depending on how one defines the continents) missions from their list, leaving Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Vinson Massif in Antarctica, Kosciuszko in Australia, Puncak Jaya in Oceania, Everest in Asia, and Mount McKinley in North America to be conquered.
The Puncak Jaya operation started in August 2004 and new incidents are reported by church groups nearly every week.
Recent conflict in the district of Puncak Jaya has stimulated further suspicion toward Indonesia.
 
 
 
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