Mount Arfak is the highest point in the province of
West Papua. It is located on north-east side of the
Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula ( Indonesian: , , meaning Bird's Head in Indonesian and Dutch) or Doberai Peninsula (''Semenanjung Doberai'') is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the island of New Guinea, comprising the Indones ...
. It is a popular hiking area and is the highest peak of the
Arfak Mountains
The Arfak Mountains () is a mountain range found on the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia.
The term "arfak" came from ''arfk'' the language of the coastal Biak people, meaning "people who sleep over fire", to refer ...
. From the summit,
Manokwari
Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital city, capital of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of West Papua (province), West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status in Indonesia, city ...
can be seen. The summit of Mt. Arfak is temperate and dry with very hot, dry summer temperatures that average below 95 °F (35 °C) and mild, humid winter temperatures that average above 38 °F (3 °C). During the winter months, the mountain's summit receives frost usually and sometimes can get to 33 °F (0 °C) every now and then. Sometimes snow can fall on the summit, but not every year. Average rain amount per year is about 45 inches (1150 mm). The mountain is part of the
Pegunungan Arfak Nature Reserve, a protected area that protects parts of the
Vogelkop montane rain forests
The Vogelkop montane rain forests is a tropical moist forest ecoregion in western New Guinea. The ecoregion covers the mountains of western New Guinea's Bird's Head and Bomberai peninsulas.
Geography
The ecoregion includes the montane fores ...
ecoregion
An ecoregion (ecological region) is an ecological and geographic area that exists on multiple different levels, defined by type, quality, and quantity of environmental resources. Ecoregions cover relatively large areas of land or water, and c ...
. The mountain is also the highest point in the
Manokwari metropolitan area.
Gallery
File:Pegunungan Arfak from Manokwari.jpg, View from the Doreri Bay near Manokwari
Manokwari is a coastal town and the capital city, capital of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of West Papua (province), West Papua. It is one of only seven provincial capitals of Indonesia without a city status in Indonesia, city ...
.
File:Arfak Mountains.jpg, Closer view of the peak on the north-west side.
File:Pegunungan Arfak from the Cenderawasih Bay.jpg, View of Pegunungan Arfak from the Cenderawasih Bay
Cenderawasih Bay (, "Bird of Paradise Bay"), also known as Sarera Bay () and formerly Geelvink Bay (), is a large bay in northern Province of Papua, Central Papua and West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia.
Geography
''Cenderawasih Bay'' is a lar ...
.
File:Pegunungan Arfak from bay.jpg, View of the mountain from a rocky beach near Manokwari
See also
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List of Southeast Asian mountains
The following is a list of some of the mountains of Southeast Asia.
List of highest mountains
See also
*List of highest mountains
*List of highest mountains of New Guinea
*List of islands by highest point
*List of ribus (summits in Indonesia ...
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List of ultras of the Malay Archipelago
This is a list of ultra prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in the Malay Archipelago, a group of over 25,000 islands which includes Brunei, Singapore, East Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor. How ...
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List of Ultras of Oceania
References
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Bird Watching on Bird's Head and the Threats to the Region Vogelkop Montane Rain Forests. Accessed 20 May 2011
Arfak Mountains Accessed 2 March 2015
Mountains of Western New Guinea
Landforms of West Papua (province)
Two-thousanders of Asia
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