The Schleinitz Range is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

in north-central part of New Ireland,

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. Highest point of the mountains is at 1,481 m. As are other mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea it is home to many rare species of fauna and flora and is highly

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and covered in thick

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. This range was named after German

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Georg von Schleinitz (1834-1910).Das Schleinitz-Gebirge im Deutschen Kolonial-Lexikon (1920) vol 3, p. 299
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* Mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea {{PapuaNewGuinea-geo-stub