The Jayawijaya Mountains, formerly known as the Orange Range, are the eastern

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of the

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in the central highlands region of the

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n part of

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. The range extends for east of the

Sudirman Range The Sudirman Range, also known as the Snow Mountains,"Sudirman Mountains (Snow Mountains)". Papua Insects Foundation. Accessed 5 August 2021/ref> Dugunduguoo, or Nassau Range is a mountain range in Central Papua province, Indonesia. It is named a ...

to the

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. Its highest point is

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at . The

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has its source in the range. Inhabitants of the range include the

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. In 1997 sightings of animals matching the description of the

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, an

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were reported from "the Jayawijaya region of Irian Jaya".Walters (1997)

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* (1999): Ethno-ornithology of the Ketengban People, Indonesian New Guinea. ''In:'' : ''Folkbiology'': 17–46. MIT Press. * (1997)
Irian Jayans spy 'Tassie Tiger'
Version of 1997-AUG-20. Retrieved 2008-JUN-17. Mountain ranges of Western New Guinea {{HPapua-geo-stub

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