Saruwaged Range

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Satellite image of Saruwaged Mountains on the Huon Peninsula ( false-color image )

The Saruwaged Mountains (also Saruwared, Sarawaket or Sarawaget ) is a mountain range on the Huon Peninsula in Morobe Province in northeastern Papua New Guinea. The mountain range is dominated by the Sarawaget massif, which is crowned by the two peaks of Mount Bangeta and Mount Sara Waged. The Mount Sara Waged is approximately 6 ° 19 ' S, 147 ° 5' O 6.3108333333333147.090833333334121 and is indicated with an altitude of 4121 m, which is confirmed by satellite radar altimetry ( SRTM ).

The Saruwaged mountain passes into the Finisterre Mountains in the west. The two mountain ranges together form a natural border between the located on the south side of the valley of the rivers Markham and Ramu and Vitiaz Street ( Pacific) in the north.

History

The Germans have made some explorations in the mountains during their rule of the Kaiser-Wilhelm- country at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. First ascent by Europeans took place in Sara Waged by solid keyer in 1913 and by Lane - Poole in 1925, for this summit tours had to be explored for the first time paths through the dense tropical rain forest.

Swell

• Yvon Pérusse. Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea, 2, Lonely Planet, July 1993, ISBN 0864420528 (engl.)

• Mountains in Australia and Oceania
• Mountains in Papua New Guinea
• High mountains
• New Guinea
• Morobe Province