Indonesia · Sudirman Range4,884 m (16,024 ft)Carstensz Pyramid / Puncak Jaya 3D Terrain Map & Relief Model
Interactive digital elevation model (DEM) for Carstensz Pyramid / Puncak Jaya. Tilt, rotate, and inspect high-altitude summit ridges, glacial cirques, and approach routes in high-resolution 3D WebGL cartography.
Remote highland airstrip serving as the staging hub for trekking caravans through dense Papuan jungle or helicopter transfers.
Alpine base camp pitched among turquoise glacial lakes below the soaring northern limestone wall of Carstensz Pyramid.
Continuous steep limestone pitches on sharp water-grooved rock requiring constant rope management.
The sensational summit ridge notch: a 15-metre void spanned by a tensioned steel cable and rope pulleys high above a sheer abyss.
The narrow limestone summit ridge perched above the Carstensz and Meren Glacier remnants, marking the highest point in Australasia.
Total vertical rise from Yellow Valley Base Camp (Danau-Danau) (4,250m) directly to the summit crest.
DMS: 4°05′00″ S, 137°11′00″ E. Verified against alpine geodesy baselines.
The vertical drop to the lowest contour encircling the peak with no higher summit inside it.
Surrounded by lateral moraines, active icefalls, and high glaciated ridges feeding regional river systems.
Topographic Architecture of Carstensz Pyramid / Puncak Jaya
Carstensz Pyramid (Puncak Jaya / Nemangkawi) is the highest mountain in Indonesia, the highest island peak on Earth, and the highest summit in Oceania at 4,884 metres (16,024 ft). As one of the Seven Summits, it presents the unique challenge of technical limestone rock climbing above dense equatorial cloud forests and vanishing tropical glaciers. First climbed on February 13, 1962, by an expedition led by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer alongside Philip Temple, Russell Kippax, and Albertus Huizenga, Carstensz Pyramid requires ascending vertical limestone slabs and crossing a famous Tyrolean traverse across a sheer 15-metre chasm high on the summit ridge.