The Saruwaged Range (also Saruwared, Sarawaket or Sarawaget) is a

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on the

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, north-eastern

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. The range is dominated by the Sarawaget Massif which is capped by the two peaks of Mount Bangeta and Mount Sarawaged, with given 4,121 m elevation is SRTM compatible. The Saruwaged Range runs into the

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to the west and together they form a natural barrier between the

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and Markham valleys to the south and

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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

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in 1925. Ascending to these summits would be likely to depend on finding a way through thick tropical rain forest.

References

* Mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea Huon Peninsula montane rain forests {{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub