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Geography - Mountains etc List of Categories
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- What is the name of the Volcano that erupted in Northern (Oro) Province?
- How high is Mount Lamington?
- What mountain range does the Kokoda trail traverse?
- What is Mt. Lamington's closest city or population center?
- Who has walked the Kokoda Trail the most number of times?
- Where is Mount Lamington?
- What are the name of the people who live in the central mountains of Papua New Guinea, at a latitude of six degrees below the equator and at a mean altitude of about 1500 meters above sea level?
- Mt Wilhelm is the highest but what is the second highest mountain in PNG?
- Where is Mt Langila?
- How far is Mount Pago volcano from Hoskins Airport?
- When did Mt Pago last erupt?
- How high is Mount Hagen near the town of Mount Hagen?
- What are some of the mountains that are accessible from Mt Hagen?
- How high is Mount Udon?
- How high is the mountain called Mount Hagen?
- How high is Mount Bedego?
- Where is mount bellamy?
- How was Mt. Bellamy named??
- Where are the Hunstein Ranges?
- Where is the Murik-Berenice cave system?
- I know that Mt Wilhelm is the highest mountain of PNG but what is the highest on the Island of New Guinea?
- what makes a mountain a volcano?
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- What is the name of the Volcano that erupted in Northern (Oro) Province?
Mount Lamington erupted on January 21, 1951 and killed more than 3000 people in the area. (possibly as high as 4,000 people)
Volcanic activities on Mt Lamington began three to four days earlier however, the village people were assured that there was no danger. The people remained and perished in the eruption.
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- How high is Mount Lamington?
The peak of Mt. Lamington is 1,585 metres above sea level.
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- What mountain range does the Kokoda trail traverse?
The Owen Stanley ranges.
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- What is Mt. Lamington's closest city or population center?
Mt. Lamington is located in a small Province called Oro (Northern) Province. The capital is a small town called Popondetta. The closest city would be Port Moresby. There are not many cities in PNG.
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- Who has walked the Kokoda Trail the most number of times?
Not sure but I found this on the PNGBD web site and have quoted it word for word
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John Derrick Eroro may not seem like a household name when you come to think of it but this man is about to walk the arduous Kokoda Trail for the 366th time, perhaps more than anyone we know of.(?) For the last 24 years, all John did was walked the renowned World War II route and enjoy taking scores of tourists to follow in the footsteps of brave young men who are gone, past our time. He started off as one of the modern day carriers at the age of 22 with no experienced at all added on his belt. He still recalled his first trek when hired by one of the war historian and expert on Kokoda campaign, Clive Baker and his New Guinea Adventure tour company in 1982.
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- Where is Mount Lamington?
Just near Popondetta in Oro province of PNG. 8.95 S, 148.15 E - summit elevation 1680 m - stratovolcano
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- What are the name of the people who live in the central mountains of Papua New Guinea, at a latitude of six degrees below the equator and at a mean altitude of about 1500 meters above sea level?
The Huli people.
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- Mt Wilhelm is the highest but what is the second highest mountain in PNG?
Mount Giluwe is the second highest mountain in PNG. (4367 metres or 14327 feet). It is located in the Southern Highlands province. (This is sometimes spelt gilawae)
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- Where is Mt Langila?
Langila is located in the West New Britain province of PNG. It is one of the most active volcanoes of New Britain and consists of a group of four small overlapping composite basaltic-andesitic cones on the lower eastern flank of the extinct Talawe volcano. Talawe is the highest volcano in the Cape Gloucester area of NW New Britain
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- How far is Mount Pago volcano from Hoskins Airport?
Mt Pago is only 16 kilometres from the West New Britain airport of Hoskins.
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- When did Mt Pago last erupt?
Mt Pago last erupted on the evening of Monday the 5th August 2002. Mt Ulavun at Bialla followed in sympathy the same month.
The volcano last erupted in 1911 and lasted until 1918 and further activated in 1920 and in 1933.
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- How high is Mount Hagen near the town of Mount Hagen?
3790 metres or 12434 feet. You can get good views of the Whagi Vally, Mt.Hagen city and the Wapenamanda Valley from the mountain.
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- What are some of the mountains that are accessible from Mt Hagen?
From the central Highlands city of Mount Hagen, the peaks of Mt. Giluwe and Mt. Ialibu (both volcanic plugs), Mt. Hagen, Mt Ongo, Mt Kubor and Mt Kine Kaino Ku are all accessible. The Bismarck and Kubor Range both offer great trekking. Fifteen days hard trekking would see an expedition walk from the highlands town of Kompiam in Enga province to the Yuat River in East Sepik province where canoes would take the expedition on to Angoram. Several tour companies exist in Mt. Hagen which can assist the trekker.
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- How high is Mount Udon?
Mt Udon is 3634 metres above sea level. It is located in the range dividing the Jimi and Wahgi Valleys.
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- How high is the mountain called Mount Hagen?
Mt Hagen is 3834 metres above sea level. It is located in the Western Highlands Province.
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- How high is Mount Bedego?
Mt Bedego is 3774 metres above sea level. It is located in the range dividing the Jimi and Wahgi Valleys.
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- Where is mount bellamy?
Mt. Bellamy is along the Kokoda Track
between Templeton Crossing and Kagi Village nearer to the Kokoda village end of the trail.
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- How was Mt. Bellamy named??
Sorry Can not find an answer for how Mount Bellamy was named. Perhaps a reader knows the answer?
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- Where are the Hunstein Ranges?
The Hunstein Ranges are over 500 kilometres from the mouth of the Sepik River.
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- Where is the Murik-Berenice cave system?
The Murik-Berenice cave system is on the island of New Britain. In 1998 French cavers set the depth record for the the southern hemisphere (-1,178 m) while exploring cave system
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- I know that Mt Wilhelm is the highest mountain of PNG but what is the highest on the Island of New Guinea?
Interesting question. The answer is not in PNG.
At 4,884 metres (16,023 ft), Puncak Jaya (sometimes called Mount Carstensz) makes New Guinea the world's fourth highest landmass.
The current population of the island of New Guinea is about 7.1 million people.
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- what makes a mountain a volcano?
Sorry that is outside the scope of the PNG FAQ's.
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Created 1 May 2002
Updated 21 Jun 2008
Updated 21 Jun 2008
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