Mount
Yamin (also Puncak Yamin or Prins Hendrik-top) is a peak found in
Highland Papua
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Province in the
Indonesia
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n part of
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
. Rising to around 4,540 m (14,900 ft), it is the fourth highest freestanding mountain in Papua. The mountain was first climbed in 2018.
Glaciology
In 1913, Mount Yamin (or Prins Hendrik-top, now Puncak Yamin) was named and reported to have some "eternal" snow. However, this "snow" has disappeared since then.
See also
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List of highest mountains of New Guinea
This list of highest mountains of New Guinea shows all mountains on the island of New Guinea that are at least high and have a topographic prominence of or more. These 50 peaks are also the highest mountains of Australasia and the Australia ( ...
Sources
"Puncak Yamin" on Peakery.com
Mountains of Western New Guinea