Mount Wilhelm | |
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Enduwa Kombuglu' / Kombugl'o Dimbin | |
![]() The granite peak of Mount Wilhelm | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,509 m (14,793 ft) |
Prominence | 2,969 m (9,741 ft)[1] Ranked 97th |
Listing | Country high point Ultra Seven Summits |
Coordinates | 05°48′S 145°02′E / 5.800°S 145.033°E |
Geography | |
Location | Intersection of Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang provinces in Papua New Guinea |
Parent range | Bismarck Range |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 15 August 1938 by Leigh Vial |
Easiest route | Rock scramble |
Mount Wilhelm (German: Wilhelmsberg) is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4,509 metres (14,793 ft). It is part of the Bismarck Range and the peak is the point where three provinces, Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang, meet. The peak is also known as Enduwa Kombuglu, or Kombugl'o Dimbin, in the local Kuman language.[2]
The mountain is on the island of New Guinea, which incorporates Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian provinces of Papua. It is surpassed by Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m (16,024 ft), and several other peaks in Indonesian Papua.
Mount Wilhelm may be considered the highest mountain in Oceania (including Australia and New Zealand) according to present political boundaries of nation states, while Puncak Jaya contends for the same title based on physical geography.[3] A Seven Summits list thus sometimes includes Mount Wilhelm.