Puncak Trikora
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The Puncak TRIKORA or mount TRIKORA, formerly Wilhelmina summit, is a mountain in the province of Papua in Indonesia and is part of the Jayawijaya Mountains in Maokegebirge. The peak height is often given as 4750 m, newer measurements showed with 4730 m and 4711 m lower values. Some sources state the Puncak TRIKORA, according to the Carstensz Pyramid with 4884 m, the second- highest mountain on the island of New Guinea. He is in mountaineering one of the candidates for the status of the Second Summit on the Australian continent. According to other sources, however, this status comes to the Puncak Mandala or the Ngga Pulu.
History
The mountain was climbed for the first time in 1913 as part of a Dutch expedition. This Derde Zuid Nieuw- Guinea Expeditie ( German about: Third South New Guinea expedition ') lasted from September 1912 to April 1913 She was under the leadership of Alphons Franssen Herderschee, an officer of the Royal Nederlandsch - Indian Leger, and should be ground. investigate flora and fauna above 2300 m. Other members of the expedition were the zoologist Gerard Martinus Versteeg, the botanist August Adriaan bottle, the geologist Paul François Hubrecht and JB Sitanala, an Indonesian general practitioner. Herderschee also took on the task of an ethnographer. They were accompanied by military, carriers and Dayak, which were used as expert for boat trips. In total, the convoy consisted of 241 participants. This was split several times to cope with different tasks can save time. A group reached on 21 February 1913 summit of Puncak TRIKORA. Participants in this group were Herderschee, Hubrecht and Versteeg.
Puncak TRIKORA was covered by an ice cap that abschmolz in the period 1936-1962.
Height
The height of the Puncak TRIKORA has changed significantly in recent decades due to the melting of the ice cover and is valued very differently depending on the source. A common elevation is 4750 m. From this value, go out some common climber in circles listings, and 4751 m is a common altitude. A slightly lower value of 4730 m is also common. An SRTM radar measurement NASA in 2000 resulted in the Puncak TRIKORA a height of about 4711 m. The climber Christian Stangl indicates on its website to have measured on 14 January 2010 with GPS on the summit of a value of 4743 m.
Because of this conflicting information, the question is problematic whether the Puncak Mandala or the Puncak TRIKORA has the higher peaks. This is mainly for climbers of interest because one of the two peaks of the Seven Second Summits could be counted. NASA radar measurements of both massifs indicate with a certain probability to the Puncak Mandala. The measurement method used is, however, not intended to measure exact terrain points, but missed small surface sections, both for the height ( P. Mandala: 4737 m; P. TRIKORA: 4711 m) are therefore only approximations that are subject to random variation.