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Puncak Jaya

American

[poon-chahk jah-yah] / ˈpʊn tʃɑk ˈdʒɑ jɑ /

Or Puntjak Djaja

noun

a mountain in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, on W New Guinea: highest island point in the world. 16,503 feet (5,030 meters).

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Puncak Jaya

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

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