CARSTENSZ PYRAMID, PAPUA - INDONESIA

Relative altitude:  4,884 m
Height:  4,884 m
First climb:  1962
Mountain ranges:  Sudirman Range
Provinces:  Papua
The first climbers:  Robert Philip Temple, Anton Colijn, other  

Puncak Jaya  is a  peak  that is part of the  Sudirman Range  located in the province of  Papua, 
 Indonesia.  Puncak Jaya has an altitude of 4884 m and in the vicinity there are  glaciers  Carstensz, the only  glacier  Torrid in Indonesia, the roomates most likely will soon vanish due to global warming.

This peak is the highest mountain in Indonesia region of Oceania, the Puncak Jaya is one of the top seven of the world.    

  

History 

Discovery 

Plateau around the peak originally was inhabited before any contact with the peoples of Europe, and the peak known as Nemangkawi in Amungkal. Puncak Jaya, formerly known as the Carstensz Pyramid after explorer Netherlands January Carstenszoon renamed it when I first SAW the glacier on a mountain top on a sunny day in the year 1623.          

Snowfields (glacier) Puncak Jaya managed to climb in early 1909 by an explorer Netherlands, Hendrikus Albertus Lorentz with six Kenyah recruited from Apau Kayan in North Borneo. Lorentz National Park, roomates Also includes the Carstensz Pyramid, established in 1919 following a report This expedition ,              

Climbing History 

In  1936, an expedition Carstensz who initiated the Netherlands, was not Able to establish with certainty the the which of the three peaks is the highest, Decided to try to climb each peak. Anton Colijn, Jean Jacques Dozy and Frits Julius Wissel reach the meadow glacier Carstensz East Guns and Pulu Peak on December 5. Because the glaciers are melting, peak height Ngga Pulu be 4,862 meters, but it has been estimated that by the year 1936 (when glaciers still covered the summit area of 13 square kilometers), Guns Pulu is indeed the highest peak with an altitude of over 5,000 meters.                     

Afterwards Puncak Jaya never climb up to the year 1962 by an expedition led by mountaineer Austria, Heinrich Harrer, with three members of other expeditions, Robert Philip Temple, Russell Kippax, and Albert Huizenga. Philip Temple from New Zealand, previously led an expedition to and pioneered regional access to reviews Reviews These mountains.            

In 1963, the peak was renamed Peak Sukarno, after it was later changed to Puncak Jaya. Carstensz Pyramid's own name is still used Among mountaineers.       

Glaciers 

While Puncak Jaya is still slightly covered with ice, there are Several glaciers on the slopes, Including the Carstensz Glacier, Glacier Northwall West Firn and Firn glacier Northwall East, has recently reportedly disappeared.  

Glaciers   on Puncak Trikora in Maoke Mountains disappear Altogether in the period between 1939 and 1962. Since the 1970's, evidence from satellite imagery shows the glaciers of Puncak Jaya has shrunk Rapidly. Meren glacier melt between the years 1994 and 2000. An expedition led by paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thompson in 2010 found that glaciers disappearing at a rate of thickness of 7 meters per year and will disappear completely in 2015.