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
His airmen were able to do a bang-up job, flying men and supplies over the Owen Stanley range to his troops on New Guinea.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
When Eichelberger and his staff of the I Corps* arrived in Australia to report to MacArthur, Australian troops were still being pushed south across the Owen Stanley Mountains.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kennedy landed from the Tam o'Shanter at the little point that still bears the jovial name, and bade farewell to Owen Stanley in good spirits, and with no dread premonitions.
From The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Favenc, Ernest
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