Mount Victoria (Papua New Guinea)
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Mount Victoria | |
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Highest point | |
Central Province in Papua New Guinea | |
Parent range | Owen Stanley Range |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1889 by Sir William MacGregor |
Mount Victoria is the highest point in the
History
Originally known as just the Great Mountain there had been several attempts to scale the peak by British colonialists in the 1880s. These attempts had failed after clashes with local villagers.[2]
The first successful recorded ascent was in 1889 by the
Starting on 17 May 1889, MacGregor approached the mountain from the west via the Vanapa River. His party included his private secretary J.B Cameron, a Samoan half-caste and thirty-eight Papuans and Polynesians. After ascending two smaller mountains, Mount Musgrave and Mount Knutsford, MacGregor eventually climbed the Great Mountain on 11 June and promptly renamed it Mount Victoria in honour of Queen Victoria.[2] Brisbane-born Chas C. Baines in 1953 led a team of native carriers on a successful ascent. He had taken leave from his post as Port Moresby-based radio technician for Radio 9PA.
See also
- List of highest mountains of New Guinea
- List of Ultras of Oceania
Notes
- ^ a b c "Papua New Guinea Ultras List". peaklist.org. Retrieved 2007-04-04.
- ^ ISBN 0-207-94627-2.
References
- ISBN 0-908086-41-5.