Weyland Mountains
Weyland Mountains Nature Reserve | |
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Pegunungan Wayland Nature Reserve | |
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)[2] | |
Area | 2,230.0 km2 (861.0 sq mi) |
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.[3]
The Weyland Mountains include several high peaks reaching up to 3891 metres elevation. They are surrounded by lower-elevation areas.[1] 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.[3] 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.[1]
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.[2] Enarotali Nature Reserve covers the eastern end of the range.
References
- ^ a b c Kobowre Mountains (Weyland Mountains). Papua Insects Foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Pegunungan Wayland from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
- ^ a b 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
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