Fakfak Mountains Explained

Fakfak Mountains
Map:	Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia
State:	Indonesia
Parent:	Island of New Guinea
Highest:	1619 metres^[1]
Length Km:	106
Range Coordinates:	-2.8601°N 132.5322°W
Embedded:	Fakfak Mountains Nature Reserve Alt Name: Pegunungan Fakfak Nature Reserve Iucn Category: Ia Iucn Ref: ^[2] Area Km2: 343.91 Designation: Nature Reserve Governing Body: Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Papua Barat

Fakfak Mountains (Indonesian: Pegunungan Fakfak) are located on Bomberai Peninsula to the north of Fakfak in West Papua province, Indonesia.

Geography

Topography includes the following top elevations in Fakfak Mountains:

• Baham at 613 m (coordinates 3.0719 ° S 132.6935 ° E)
• Gunung Weri at 537 m (coordinates 3.2098 ° S 132.7128 ° E)
• Patimun at 499 m (coordinates 3.0444 ° S 132.5228 ° E)
• Samai at 980 m (coordinates 3.1118 ° S 132.6206 ° E)

Climate

Tropical rainforest climate prevails in the area. The annual average temperature in the funnel is 20 °C. The hottest month is November, when the average temperature is 21 °C, and the coldest is June, with 18 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3 217 millimeters. The rainy month is June, with an average of 438 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 167 mm rainfall.

Flora and fauna

Fauna of the Fakfak Mountains includes the black-eared catbird and Oninia senglaubi, a member of the family of the narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae).^[3]

Bird species recorded at FakFak Mountains:

• Papuan Eagle
• Papuan Pitta
• Vogelkop Bowerbird
• Black Berrypecker
• Little Shrikethrush
• Greater Melampitta
• Banded Yellow Robin
• Olive Flyrobin
• Island Leaf Warbler
• Capped White-eye^[4]
• Fairy lorikeet^[5]

Fakfak Mountains Nature Reserve, also known as Pegunungan Fakfak Nature Reserve, covers an area of 343.91 km².^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://www.papua-insects.nl/about%20Papua/Onin/Onin.htm Onin Peninsula (Fakfak)
2. UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Pegunungan Fakfak from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
3. Darrel R. Frost: Oninia senglaubi. Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference, Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2015, retrieved 21 December 2015.
4. https://www.xeno-canto.org/location/map?lat=-2.860063&long=132.532196&loc=FakFak+Mountains%2C+Papua FakFak Mountains, Papua
5. Web site: Fairy Lorikeet (Charmosyna pulchella) . Collar, N. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 2014-09-24.