Weyland Mountains Explained

Weyland Mountains
Other Name:Pegunungan Kobowre, Pegunungan Robooere
Map:Indonesia Western New Guinea
Elevation M:3891
Native Name:-->
Location:New Guinea
Country:Indonesia
Region Type:Province
Region:Central Papua
Settlement Type:Use settlement_type= instead of city_type= (deprecated).
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Weyland Mountains Nature Reserve
Alt Name:Pegunungan Wayland Nature Reserve
Iucn Category:Ia
Iucn Ref:[1]
Relief:yes
Area Km2:2230.0
Designation:Nature reserve
Governing Body:Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Papua

The Weyland Mountains, also known as the Kobowre Mountains, are a mountain range in Western New Guinea. The Weyland Mountains are the westernmost mountains in New Guinea's Central Range, which extends eastwards to the island's southeastern tip.[2]

The Weyland Mountains include several high peaks reaching up to 3891 metres elevation. They are surrounded by lower-elevation areas.[3] To the west, a low pass only 160 metres in elevation separates the Weylands from the highlands of the Bird's Neck Isthmus and New Guinea's western peninsulas.[2] On the north and south, they descend to New Guinea's northern and southern lowlands. To the east, a valley containing the Paniai Lakes, Paniai, Tigi, and Tage, also known as the Wissel Lakes, separates the Weyland Mountains from the Snow Mountains, or Sudirman Mountains, further east.[3]

The Weyland Mountains Nature Reserve, also known as Pegunungan Wayland Nature Reserve, protects the central portion of the range. It has an area of 2230.0 km2.[1] Enarotali Nature Reserve covers the eastern end of the range.

Notes and References

  1. UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Pegunungan Wayland from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  2. Diamond, J., Bishop, K. D., & Sneider, R. (2019). An avifaunal double suture zone at the Bird’s Neck Isthmus of New Guinea. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 131(3), 435–458. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27014163
  3. https://www.papua-insects.nl/about%20Papua/Weyland/Weyland%20Mts.htm Kobowre Mountains (Weyland Mountains)