Saruwaged Range
Saruwaged Range | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | 4,121 |
Elevation | 1,566 m (5,138 ft) |
Geography | |
State | Papua New Guinea |
Range coordinates | 6°18′39″S 147°05′27″E / 6.31083°S 147.09083°E |
The Saruwaged Range (also Saruwared, Sarawaket or Sarawaget) is a
Mount Bangeta and Mount Sarawaged
, with given 4,121 m elevation is SRTM compatible.
The Saruwaged Range runs into the
Ramu and Markham valleys to the south and Vitiaz Strait
to the north. Streams flowing from its southern flanks feed the Markham.
History
The Germans during their years of administration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, made several exploratory trips into the range. Early European ascents of Sarawaged Massif include those by the missionary Christian Keyser in 1913 and Charles Lane Poole in 1925. Ascending to these summits would be likely to depend on finding a way through thick tropical rain forest.
References
- Pérusse, Yvon (July 1993). Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (2 ed.). ISBN 0-86442-052-8.