Hagen Mountains (New Guinea)
| Hagen Mountains | |
|---|---|
  Hagen Mountains The Hagen Mountains are the prominent range on the large island (left) | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Papua-New Guinea |
| Range coordinates | 5°44′S 144°03′E / 5.733°S 144.050°E |
| Parent range | Island of New Guinea |
The Hagen Mountains (
New Guinea Company and governor of German New Guinea. Curt von Hagen's father was the royal adjutant and lieutenant-general, Heinrich von Hagen; Curt von Hagen was thus a great grandson of the polymath, Karl Gottfried Hagen, of Königsberg
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The Hagen Mountains are a relatively compact massif of volcanic origin. Their highest peak is the 3,778-metre-high Mount Hagen (Hagensberg), after which the town of Mount Hagen, 25 kilometres to the southeast, is named.
Sources
- "Hagengebirge". Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon. 1920. Archived from the original on 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
- "Kaiser-Wilhelmsland". Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon. 1920. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
- Mount Hagen, Peakbagger.com, retrieved 11 October 2011