Bird's Head Peninsula, Manokwari Regency, Arfak Mountains Regency, West Papua, Indonesia
Parent range
Arfak Mountains
Climbing
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Hike
Mount Arfak is the highest point in the province of West Papua. It is located on north-east side of the Bird's Head Peninsula. It is a popular hiking area and is the highest peak of the Arfak Mountains. From the summit, Manokwari can be seen. The summit of Mt. Arfak is temperate and dry with very hot, dry summer temperatures that average below 95 °F (35 °C) and mild, humid winter temperatures that average above 38 °F (3 °C). During the winter months, the mountain's summit receives frost usually and sometimes can get to 33 °F (0 °C) every now and then. Sometimes snow can fall on the summit, but not every year. Average rain amount per year is about 45 inches (1150 mm). The mountain is part of the Pegunungan Arfak Nature Reserve, a 683-square-kilometer (264 sq mi) protected area that protects parts of the Vogelkop montane rain forests ecoregion. The mountain is also the highest point in the Manokwari metropolitan area.
MountArfak is the highest point in the province of West Papua. It is located on north-east side of the Bird's Head Peninsula. It is a popular hiking...
steeply from the sea, with little or no coastal plain surrounding them. MountArfak, at 2,955 m (9,695 ft), can be viewed from the provincial capital, Manokwari...
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the mountains of the eastern Wandammen Peninsula on Cenderawasih Bay. MountArfak (2955 m) is the highest point in the ecoregion. The Vogelkop-Aru lowland...
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Guinea. D. m. neagra is known from Mount Goliath at Langda in the Papua Province. D. m. arfakensis is endemic to the Arfak Mountains in the Papua Province...
conditor - greater stick-nest rat Genus Leptomys Leptomys arfakensis - Arfak water rat Leptomys elegans - Long-footed water rat Leptomys ernstmayri -...
priamus arruana – Aru Islands, Indonesia Ornithoptera priamus aureus – Arfak Mountains of West Papua, Indonesia (may be junior synonym of O. p. poseidon)...
Peninsular Malaysia (Pahang) Gaultheria berberidifolia Sleumer – New Guinea (Arfak Mountains) Gaultheria × biluoensis P.W.Fritsch & Lu Lu – G. crassifolia...
Narrow-headed slender opossum Creighton's slender opossum Dusky slender opossum Arfak pygmy bandicoot Mouse bandicoot Ihering's three-striped opossum Woolley's...
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