Owen Stanley
Americannoun
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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
A second prong was feeling its way down the "impassable" Owen Stanley Mountain Range of New Guinea toward Port Moresby, key to Australia.
From Time Magazine Archive
They flew over the Owen Stanley mountains, strafed and dive-bombed on missions of their own, escorted heavy bombers, gave valuable support to ground troops all up the New Guinea coast.
From Time Magazine Archive
Nearing the gap. the Aussies made "light contact" with Jap patrols, but where and when the battle of the Owen Stanley Mountains would be joined, nobody knew.
From Time Magazine Archive
On coming across the highest peak in the afternoon, we had a magnificent view of Mount Owen Stanley, with his two peaks rising far away above the other mountains by which he is surrounded.
From Adventures in New Guinea by Chalmers, James
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