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 arise ...

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 biodiverse and covered in thick

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

. This range was named after

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viceadmiral (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