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Carstensz

American  
[kahr-stuhnz] / ˈkɑr stənz /

noun

  1. Mount. Puncak Jaya.


Carstensz British  
/ ˈkɑːstənz /

noun

  1. a former name of (Mount) Jaya

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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During a 2010 research trip to the Carstensz glacier in Indonesia’s western Papua province, oceanographer Dwi Raden Susanto was excited to be part of a team that took a core sample from the remote glaciers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

So some argue the Australian title should go to Puncak Jaya, also known as Carstensz Pyramid, a 16,000-foot mountain in Indonesia’s Papua New Guinea on the same continental shelf as Australia.

From Washington Times • Jan. 21, 2017

In 1936, Dutch geologist Jean Jacques Dozy climbed the world’s highest island peak: the forbidding Mount Carstensz, a snow-covered silver crag on what was then known as Dutch New Guinea.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2016

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