Mount Yamin | |
Other Name: | Puncak Yamin / Prins Hendrik-top |
Elevation M: | 4540 |
Prominence M: | 700 |
Map: | Indonesia Highland Papua#Indonesia |
Coordinates: | -4.6831°N 140.0811°W |
Location: | Highland Papua, Indonesia |
Range: | Jayawijaya (Orange) Range |
Mount Yamin (also Puncak Yamin or Prins Hendrik-top) is a peak found in Highland Papua Province in the Indonesian part of New Guinea . Rising to around 4,540 m (14,900 ft), it is the fourth highest freestanding mountain in Papua. The mountain was first climbed in 2018.
In 1913, Mount Yamin (or Prins Hendrik-top, now Puncak Yamin) was named and reported to have some "eternal" snow. However, this "snow" has disappeared since then.