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Owen Stanley

American  

noun

  1. a mountain range on New Guinea in SE Papua New Guinea. Highest peak, Mt. Victoria, 13,240 feet (4,036 meters).


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We were hiking the Kokoda Track, a 60-mile path across the otherwise impassable Owen Stanley mountain range that divides the north and south coasts of Papua New Guinea.

From New York Times Oct. 22, 2010

Last week the Owen Stanley* range still stood.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some units were flown over the Owen Stanley range.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Australians pushed on toward the gap at the top of the Owen Stanley Range.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beside these the basket contained a letter written by Lieutenant Owen Stanley, of H.M.S.

From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida

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