Carstensz Pyramid History
Carstensz Pyramid is thetraditional name among mountaineers for Puncak Jaya, the highest mountain in Oceania.
(Dutch explorer who first reported it to Europeans; Puncak means peak, and Jaya means victory.) It is located in what is variously called the Sudirman Range or the Dugunduguoo, in the western central highlands of Papua, the New Guinea.
The peak was formerly known as Puntjak Soekarno (Simplified Indonesian: Puncak Sukarno) meaning Peak of Sukarno, named after the first President of Indonesia. Carstensz Pyramid is the second highest mountain in Southeast Asia, behind Hkakabo Razi in Myanmar, and is also the highest island peak in the world.
Carstensz is a peak on the more demanding of the two principal Seven Summits peak-bagging lists. It is held to have the highest technical rating (but not the greatest physical demands) of that list's ascents. Although the snowfield of Puncak Jaya was reached as early as 1909 by a Dutch explorer, Hendrik A. Lorentz, the peak was not climbed until 1962, by an expedition led by the Austrian mountaineer, Heinrich Harrer with three friends - Temple, Kippax and Huizenga.
It’s only four degrees south of the equator in West Papua, but has several glaciers and is the only region of Indonesia where snow falls.
Carstensz Pyramid related readings:
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Indonesia Map & Carstensz Location-
Beautiful Lake at Carstensz basecamp 
Carstensz Pyramid, West Papua