Mount Giluwe
| Mount Giluwe | |
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Ultra | |
| Coordinates | 6°02′36″S 143°53′12″E / 6.04333°S 143.88667°E[1] |
| Naming | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɪluːeɪ/ |
| Geography | |
  Mount Giluwe Location in Papua New Guinea | |
| Location | Southern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | 220,000–800,000 years[3] |
| Mountain type | Eroded shield volcano |
| Last eruption | ~ 220,000 years ago |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1934 by Mick Leahy |
| Easiest route | hike |
Mount Giluwe is the second highest
Geology
The original volcano on the site of Mount Giluwe formed roughly 650,000–800,000 years ago, probably as a
History
Australian explorers Mick Leahy, and his brother Dan, were the first Westerners to reach the area and to discover and climb Mount Giluwe. However, another explorer Jack Hides also laid claim to be the first to discover Mount Giluwe after viewing the peaks from the west in 1935. Hides aptly named them the Minaret Mountains.[6] However the name did not stick after Leahy went to London in 1935 and set up a hearing into the two opposing claims at the Royal Geographical Society. Leahy delivered his address on 21 November 1935 and the following year Leahy was awarded a grant from the Society and published his discoveries in their journal.[7]
Being a part of the Volcanic 7 Summits, Mt Giluwe has attracted mountaineers from across the world. Satyarup Siddhanta became the first from India [8] to climb Mt Giluwe as a part of his Volcanic 7 Summits journey. He is the youngest in the world to climb the Seven Summits and the Volcanic Seven Summits. This peak has been climbed by many climbers like James Stone who keeps a track of climbers who climbed the volcanic 7 summits in his blog clachliath. He is the first Briton to climb the volcanic 7 summits. Theodore Fairhurst climbed this peak too and he is the oldest person to climb all the 7 summits and volcanic 7 summits.
Flora and fauna
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The slopes of Mt. Giluwe exhibit a number of different
At 3,200 m (10,500 ft), the moss forest opens into
See also
- Mount Giluwe Rural LLG
- List of highest mountains of New Guinea
- List of volcanoes in Papua New Guinea
- Lists of volcanoes
- Volcanic Seven Summits
References
- ^ a b c "Papua New Guinea Ultra-Prominence Page". Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ "Mount Giluwe, Papua New Guinea". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
- ^ a b Löffler, E.; Mackenzie, D. E.; Webb, A. W. (1980). "Potassium-argon ages from some of the Papua New Guinea highlands volcanoes, and their relevance to Pleistocene geomorphic history". Journal of the Geological Society of Australia. 26 (7–8): 387–397. .
- ^ a b
Blake, D. H.; Löffler, E. (1971). "Volcanic and Glacial Landforms on Mount Giluwe, Territory of Papua and New Guinea". Geological Society of America Bulletin. 82 (6): 1605–1614. ISSN 0016-7606.
- ^ Mackenzie, D. E. (1985). "Giluwe and Hagen; glaciated volcanoes in the rain forests of western PNG". Volcano News. 19–20: 7.
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ISBN 0-908086-41-5.
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Leahy, Michael (March 1936). "The Central Highlands of New Guinea". The Geographical Journal. 87 (3). The Geographical Journal, Vol. 87, No. 3: 229–260. JSTOR 1786763.
- ^ ""Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta scales Mt Giluwe in Papua New Guinea"". Business Standard. 12 November 2018.
External links
- "Giluwe". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- "Mount Giluwe". Peakware.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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